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How to find maximum work done in an adiabatic process?

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Concave mirror image height and magnification sign

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Wave Definitions - Crest and Trough

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Rearranging a Wave Function: True or False?

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Spring-Mass system with friction

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Solve Series RLC Circuit for Capacitor Value

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Steam driven turbine: Heat, Power, evaporation

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Gravitational Force OR Angular Momentum

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Calculating Well Depth and Final Velocity of a Falling Coin

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Vertical motion and qudaratic equation questions

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Testing the field strength of a permanent bar magnet

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Quadrupling radius of satellite in orbit

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How Do You Calculate Thrust and Pressure in Fluid Dynamics and Aeronautics?

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Finding the magnitude of an electric field at a distance from a surface charge

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Frictionless Banked Curve on Mars Simulates Earth Gravity

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Calculating Velocity of a Falling Object with Drag Force

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Moment of Inertia and Torque problem

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Can the two slit experiment be incorporated into building design?

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Heat transfer with phase changes for ice warming

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Thin-film interference with thickness t=λ and n=1.5

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How Do Sinusoidal Waves Affect String Motion?

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What is the intensity of the transmitted light?

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What is the magnitude of the magnetic field?

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Sound intensity level of a thunder bolt

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Is a 15.0-g Ball from a Spring Gun Safe Without Goggles for Children?

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Finding RMS current in an AC solenoid

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Momentum problem with mass transfer

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Resources for learning diffraction and interference calculations

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Calculating electric flux with a constant electric field

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Gravitation and Archimedes principle as a spring?

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Calculating Gravity on a Person Inside a Building

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AS Physics Linear Momentum Question

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Finding resistance from voltage and current measurements

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Electrostatic potential of two spheres

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Why is C1 in parallel with the C2-C3 series combination?

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Finding tension in a violin A string at 440 Hz

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Force of friction on 25 kg block pulled up a 20 m ramp

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How Do You Calculate Buoyant Force for a Large Passenger Load?

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F = kQq/R2 finding force problem

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Circular orbit and gravitational questions

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Calculating Time to Reach Point O with Force F = kx^-2

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Why do parallel currents attract if their magnetic fields oppose?

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Mass and cylinder connected by a pully system

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Pulley with 10 N tension and 1.5 kg weight rotating 0.25 m radius

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Acceleration of masses in pulley system with moment of inertia

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Electrostatics problem (electron's motion in cathode ray tube)

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Combining several resistors to achieve a specific value?

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How Does Newton's Second Law Apply to a Bird Sitting on a Wire?

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How Does Distance Affect Image Formation in Convex Lenses?

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Calculating Focal Length and Image Height of a Lens

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Potential Difference across capacitors in parallel.

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Magnetic Field of half cylinder

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Does dot product always commute?

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How to Calculate Impulse in Various Scenarios

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Schaum’s Outlines 3,000 Solved Problems in Physics Different Versions

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Problem with Newtons Laws of Motion

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Solving the Continuity Equation

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Piston question to find temperature and pressure

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Specify the position of the center of mass

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Minimum friction coefficient for rotating cylinder ride

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Finding units for power via Dimensional Analysis? Makes no sense

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Boundary condition for magnetic vector potential

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Speed and Normal Force of a Bead on a Loop-the-Loop

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Variation statement into graphs- Right?

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What formula should I use to find velocity in a newtonian physics problem?

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Network theorems: Thevenin, Norton and superposition

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A stone is thrown verticall upward

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Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution (Statistical Mechanics)

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How Do You Calculate Net Force in Coulomb's Law?

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How Do You Calculate Observed Angular Velocity from a Reference Frame?

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Minimum velocity to change radius of orbit

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Adiabatic piston expansion with friction

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What is the maximum height reached by a projectile fired from Earth?

  • kraigandrews
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Police car and speeder when do they meet?

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Stress/Strain What is the property in a material

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How to find the temperature of a black body?

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Solving an Inclined Plane Problem

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Area - 5'x6' which is the width and which is the length?

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Partition Function: Understanding Z in Statistical Physics

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Photoelectric Effect ~ threshold frequency dependent on incident light?

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What is the solution for a venturi tube with water flow and pressure changes?

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QM: The double square well potential

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What is the Degree of Freedom of a System?

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Difference between Tensile Force and Tension

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Force needed to keep mass stationary in pulley system

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Oscillatory Motion - Determining equation of motion

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Can Gamma Rays be Used as Projectiles for Nuclear Reactions?

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Thermodynamics (work, pressure, volume)

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Applying Bernoulli's Equation to a Siphon

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Upward Force required to break static friction

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When to use ρgh versus ρgy for fluid pressure?

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Solving Kinematics: Finding Release Height Above Window

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Time Dilation Problem; Find the proper time, ts.

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Deriving Roller Coaster Speed Equations at Bottom of Slope

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Kirchoff's Law With Battery Only

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