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Force of Gravity question, with Newton's Law of Gravitation

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Newton's second law and ice skating

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Why does Newton's third law eliminate all options in collision scenario?

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What is the Power of a Fluid Pump?

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Calculate the value of magnetic flux density in air

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Helical motion of a proton in a magnetic field

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Primary voltage on a transformer

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Calculating resultant amplitude, given 2 ampli's and phase diff

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What Is the Correct Equation to Calculate Lift in RC Helicopters?

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Could the centripetal acceleration and tension be equal in a two-string system?

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Interpreting e C units in Coulomb's law problem

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Hooke's Law: Finding the Spring Constant with a 50g Mass and 7.0cm Stretch

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Vibrating String kinetic energy

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Vector airplane flying with a side wind

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Effect of an uncharged sphere touched to charged sphere

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Acceleration in respect to power, and a KE/momentum problem.

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Electric forces and Electric fields question on x and y components

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The average value of cos^2(phi) is 1/2.

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Determining Power Output of Pumped Energy Storage System

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How to calculate torque of a rotating wheel at constant angular speed?

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What is the angle at which a ball falls off a hemisphere?

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Time required to fully discharge the capacitor where did i go wrong?

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Charge on capacitors in series with dielectric

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What Is the Coefficient of Friction for Fred's Rollerblades?

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Which notation is the proper way to write vector quantities?

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Calculate the work done in polyatomic gas

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Finding Parallel and Perpendicular Vectors with a Given Value of x and y

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How many radians does the cylinder rotate in the first 5.0 seconds?

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Electric field in a cylindrical capacitor

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Why Don't Newton's Third Law Forces Cancel Each Other Out?

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Angular velocity and string tension

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Calculating current from diagram.

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Biot Savart polygon with n edges

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Biology Lab Microscope Magnification Calculations

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How Do Forces Add in a Right Angled Triangle with Identical Charges?

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How Do You Determine the Unit Vector in Coulomb's Law?

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Bead on a vertical ring centripetal acceleration

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Calculating Net Torque for Rotational Motion with Multiple Forces

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Calculating Solar Array Orientation for Scientists

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Maximum swing angle of hanging block hit in elastic collision

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Maximum Force on a Test Mass in a Massive Ring

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Calculating Frictional Force on Tires in SUV and Trailer System

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Laser power from radiation pressure with 50% absorption

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The Lift Question / reactive force on an object in a moving lift

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Work done pushing a 110 kg motorbike up a 3.0 m ramp

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Running back and forth between two approaching friends

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Question Related to Newton's Laws of Motion

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Graph of the Frequency(Wavelength) Relationship

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How Do Carts Behave and Springs Compress in an Elastic Collision?

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Focal Length Calculation for a Converging Meniscus Lens

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Minimum Separation of Two Frictionless Pucks

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Is the Stunt Driver's Speed Sufficient for the Jump?

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Mass of water displaced by a block

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How Do We Calculate Mercury's Gravitational Field Intensity?

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How Far Should the Opposite Vehicle Be to Safely Overtake the Truck?

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[basic] Mechanics of a model rollercoaster

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Magnitude of electric field at a point problem

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Why Does Air Pressure Change with Altitude?

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How high above the the earth's surface is the meteor?

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Using Kepler's Second Law - which radius to use?

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How Do You Calculate Braking Distance Based on Initial Speed and Time?

  • physicswonder
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Verify Rationale: Decreasing Blood Density to Reduce Turbulent Flow

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Satellite and gravitational force

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What Are Neutrino Oscillations and Why Do They Matter in Particle Physics?

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Finding the work function of a material

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Energy Required to Change Water into Steam

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Speed of mass on spring at different displacement distances

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How do you apply the right hand rule?

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Time it takes for a wave to travel up and down a rope?

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A Rectangle Parallel to a Magnetic Field

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Inelastic Collision: Skiing on a Hill - Find Final Velocity

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Solving a Linear Equation in one Variable

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Car crashing into antifreeze-filled barrels vs bridge supports

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Simple Distance to Time Equation

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Acceleration across a floor with friction

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Capacitance when dielectric is introduced

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Calculating PSI from Kinetic Energy and Tank Size

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Alpha particle moving in a 1.0 T magnetic field

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Why Do We Convert Degrees to Radians in Trigonometry?

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Graphical Relationship Between ∆x and v

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Calculating Tree Height: Using a Plane Mirror to Measure 205m

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How to determine the charged particles between a distance?

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Kinetic Energy / Momentum Problem

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Work done on child and sled pulled at 45 degrees with friction

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Simple pulley problem with weights

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How is the Angle of Deflection in a Prism Calculated?

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Missing component to get the impendance ohmic

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Finding support forces for beams in equilibrium without given lengths

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Force acting on a projectile - trying to understand the question

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What forces are exerted on a pivot and its support in a see-saw lever?

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Checking my mass and acceleration homework answers

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Find the equivalent resistance for the circuit in the figure.

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Finding time constants in RC circuit with parallel capacitor

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Work done on a satellite ( Physics Problem )

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