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Elastic conservation, explosion.

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Phase Transitions: Melting from Heat Transfer

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Find speed of wire with voltage, length, and magnetic field

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Why does setting a different ground point change total voltage?

  • Femme_physics
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Why do I use cos and sin for weight components on an incline?

  • Peter G.
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Finding equivalent resistance and currents in a combination circuit

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Velocity of Plane Relative to Ground: Answer & Explanation

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Motor efficiency: why 1250W and not 1200W for starter current

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What is the size of the image of a tree on a man's retina?

  • anotherperson
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Determining Distance from Release Point Using Doppler Effect

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How Fast is the Sun Losing Mass Due to Radiation?

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Special Relativity , firework question

  • najisalem2009
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Spring constant and bungee jumping.

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Finding refractive index and wavelength in glass from 632.8nm laser beam

  • anotherperson
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How Does a Wave's Graph Change Over Time?

  • anotherperson
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What is the perceived frequency of Bird B when it hears Bird A's screech?

  • anotherperson
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Kinetics with Veloctiy/Acceleration Problem

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Amplitude of a simple harmonic motion equation

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Finding maximum power transfer to resistor R with dependent source

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Neutron must travel so that kinetic energy = rest energy

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Atomic Ground State: What Is It?

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Circular Motion of a horizontal disc Problem

  • Peter G.
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Entropy of a System: Answers Explained

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Why am I subtracting/adding normal force?

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Calculate Compression Stress for 500 kg Car Tire Ring

  • Reema
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Formula to find maximum kinetic energy?

  • Scippi
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Block on a frictionless, accelerating, inclined plane

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Difference between magnitude of T and its horizontal component

  • Scippi
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Simple Fluids Problem: Cylinder on Oil with Added Weight

  • BlueDevil14
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Find the Young's Modulus of a Wire

  • Reema
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Sound Waves (simple harmonic motion and pressure dilemma)

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Intensity and sound level of 1 kHz tuning fork at 1 m distance

  • anotherperson
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Finding mass ratio of charged particles suspended at different angles

  • peterpang1994
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Velocity Vectors in Circular Motion: Understanding Acceleration

  • Peter G.
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Why Does the Stefan-Boltzmann Law Use Temperature to the Fourth Power?

  • teggenspiller
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Calculating Force Required to Throw a 1kg Ball 4s in Air

  • nessan
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Acceleration time graphs and velocity time graphs

  • anotherperson
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Fireworks explosion: finding fragment speeds from energy distribution

  • nehcrow
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A very difficult problem(hooke's law)

  • DarkNess_wtc
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Ray Tracing and Lens Formula for Image Location

  • anotherperson
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Spring Constants and compression

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Solving 3D Statics Problem: Calculating Tension and Reactions

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Questions on Solution in Mechanics

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Finding Parametric Equations and Tangent Lines

  • MozAngeles
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Question - Circular motion amusement park physics

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What projects does KVPY accept for next year's application?

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Calculating Wave Properties: Frequency, Wavelength, and Speed

  • anotherperson
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What is Torque and How Does it Relate to Uniform Circular Motion?

  • anotherperson
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How do I solve circular motion problems with conservation of energy?

  • steejk
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Coefficient of friction from a graph

  • nehcrow
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Bricklayer problem (involves springs)

  • lowellite
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Circular motion kid-on-a-swing problem

  • Femme_physics
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Calculating Axial Stress in a Concrete-Encased Steel Column

  • steve321
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Can a horizontal bar exhibit SHM with rotating wheels?

  • cupid.callin
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Work to remove metal plate from capacitor at 100V

  • Noirro
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How Fast Does a Hawk's Shadow Move When Diving?

  • garcia1
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Magnus force and drag force equations for a ball

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Why is tension in a rope constant despite increasing speed on a rough surface?

  • phys_student1
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How do I rearrange this equation?

  • mstephens88
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Constant speed and deaccelaration

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What Are the Pressure and Speed of Water in a Fire Hose Tip?

  • mm874
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What are h₁₀₀ and the critical density formula in cosmology?

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What defines oscillation in multiple choice questions?

  • cupid.callin
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Free Fall Question (Non-solvable 2nd order equation)

  • phys_student1
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Working out the coeffient of friction?

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Why Does My Quadratic Equation Not Solve in This Momentum Problem?

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Why is the initial push force 120 N, not 160 N?

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How Do You Calculate Angular Speed and Velocity of Clock Hands?

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Can I ignore the diverging lens when ray tracing the converging lens?

  • sltungle
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Loop related to Circular motion

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Deriving Resonant Frequency of Multiple Mass Mass-Spring Systems

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Free body diagram equations for rubber band powered vehicle

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Initial speed and max height of Geoff Capes' brick throw

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Projectile launch angle when range is 7 times maximum height

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Calculating Force and Mass on a Lawnmower: A Gardener's Guide

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Calculating Arc Length on a Circle with Cartesian Coordinates

  • Kikki:)
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The Induced Voltage in a Straight Wire with Time Varying Magnetic Field

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Time for a softball pitch to reach the plate

  • physicsgurl12
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Power to accelerate a 1600 kg SUV from 15.0 to 40.0 m/s in 4.0 s

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How High Was the Elevator When the Marble Was Dropped?

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Calculate Velocity of Dropped Rescue Raft

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Projectile Motion: Solving for Range at Various Launch Angles

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Finding spring stretch when a 40g mass is lowered to equilibrium

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Angular Distance & Arc Distance: Homework Solution

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2 more questions related to Circular Motion and Speed

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Car and Train with Average Velocity

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Converting Coulomb's force to vector form in 3D

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How to calculate increase in kinetic energy due to acceleration?

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Calculate torque required to accelerate question

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Is Resistance Inversely Related to Gradient in a Filament Bulb?

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Newton's third law and a box push

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Water tank and wave interference question?

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Frobenius method with x²y″−xy′+(x²+1)y=0

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How do you find the moment of inertia for wierdly shaped objects?

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Calculating Mass Ratio in Collision of Two Carts

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How is Mechanical Energy Conserved in a Spring-Block System?

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