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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?

  • mani18
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Newton's third law and a box push

  • mk876
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Water tank and wave interference question?

  • Kratos321
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Frobenius method with x²y″−xy′+(x²+1)y=0

  • jason17349
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How do you find the moment of inertia for wierdly shaped objects?

  • jjellybean320
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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?

  • ajmCane22
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Questions on dynamics - Newton's laws of motion

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Motion/Acceleration: free-fall gravity vs. ball being push downward

  • nixm01
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SHM - Equation for Displacement

  • Peter G.
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Which Car Was Going Faster Before the Collision?

  • Jason03
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Projectile Motion with Basketball

  • wolves5
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How Do Climbers Use Physics to Rappel Down Cliffs?

  • BlueDevil14
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Superposition of Pulses Behavior

  • zorro
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What is the resultant speed and resultant angle of the boat?

  • physicsgurl12
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Some Simple Cosmology Questions

  • EEWannabe
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Special relativity multiple choice questions

  • Shark 774
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How do you find angular velocity experimentally?

  • jjellybean320
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Ideal gas in connected vessels with heating to 2T

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Compton Wavelength, h and h bar

  • Badger01
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RMS velocity of sodium atoms at 300 K

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Doing Work When You Carry Something Up Stairs

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What is the inverse of 466ft^2/gal?

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Energy/rotational mechanics question

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How Does Strong Axis Bending Affect Stress in Composite Beams?

  • steve321
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Thermodynamics of an elastic band

  • bon
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Thermal Expansion, Young's Modulus

  • pat666
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Finite Well Potential - Unbound eigenfunction

  • quanticism
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Special Relativity Length Expansion?

  • gnulinger
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Mass pushed upward a hill, calculate the coefficient of friction.

  • b_andries
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Physics:series of 3 lenses calculate mag

  • ally.hady
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How Does Mass Affect Friction in a Pulley System?

  • ArticMage
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Thermal physics; specific heat capacity

  • saccapella
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Equilibrium temperature of copper and water mixture

  • biamin
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Body Heat and Energy Conversion During Running: Fact or Fiction?

  • Peter G.
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Static determinacy in structures: the rule r = 3n and support types

  • steve321
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In order to float, how much water must ship displace?

  • teggenspiller
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Are the Peaks and Troughs of a Wave Always the Same Size?

  • Bashyboy
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Pressure=force/area - cannot arrive at correct answer?

  • teggenspiller
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Do not know how to projectile velocity at given time.

  • karateman1
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Cardboard boomerang experiments and calculations

  • jjellybean320
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Is my relative motion analysis correct for this engineering problem?

  • Precursor
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The velocity and acceleration of particle give position vector

  • jake241190
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6 part 2 loop RLC circuit complex impedance

  • froldy
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Conversion of hydrogen atom wave function that I don't understand

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Kinetic Energy of 840 Kg Roller Coaster Trolley

  • x3lifelove
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Confusion about frequency and resonance of tuning forks?

  • Kratos321
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Original activity from total counts, short decay

  • dirks555
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Two-mass pulley system with friction on incline

  • Krappy
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Calculate Plane Velocity Relative to Ground in Different Directions

  • Quantum Mind
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Displacement Meter- Simple Harmonic Motion

  • dvep
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Dynamics - determining an angle

  • Femme_physics
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Finding the equation for Velocity with Drag

  • Theorγ
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Solve Lens Equations: Object 8cm @ 80cm, Focal Length 25cm

  • loopsnhoops
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Merry-go-round at rest, inertia, kid running on it problem.

  • 1barcafan
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How Many Bright Fringes Appear on the Screen in a Diffraction Experiment?

  • bigsaucy
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Dynamics circular and linear motion

  • Femme_physics
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Projectile Motion-acceleration/velocity

  • TBE
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Work/energy/kinematics rocket ship problem

  • 1barcafan
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Position vs time graph that relates to a constant non-zero acceleration?

  • gibson101
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Sample Calculation on Milikan's Data Analysis

  • realslow
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Can metal be placed in Microwave? Why or why not?

  • seashell3130
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How to calculate angle given coefficent of friction

  • Eats Dirt
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Calculating the Height of Keystone's Ski Lift

  • phun4kay
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Projectile Motion fired at an angle

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Angle of Electron Velocity Change: 8 Degrees

  • Resmo112
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Thermal expansion across a copper rod

  • dabess
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How Does a Dielectric Wedge Affect Capacitor Performance?

  • arnno
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Proving Direct Proportion of \frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y} with \frac{1}{x}

  • Reshma
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Radioactive decay and half life?

  • kraphysics
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Maximum speed and stopping distance with applied force and friction

  • MFDonadeli
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Current flow through no resistance conductor

  • flyerpower
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Can I use a regular magnet for a homopolar motor?

  • Qube
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The Zeeman Effect: Determining Atomic Level Quantum Numbers

  • bon
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What is the Impedance of a Plane Wave Passing Through a Metal?

  • bayners123
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Showing that S^2 and Sz Commute with the System Hamiltonian

  • bon
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Resultant Intensity of Water-waves

  • HSTay
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Calculating Force Needed to Lift a Rock with a Crowbar

  • fiosuer
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Distance travelled during acceleration

  • stupidlawyer
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What Is the Minimum Speed Needed for a Whirling Ball to Taut a String?

  • Callen9
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Physics question on dynamics (Newton's law of motion)

  • fterh
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Gravitational potential, highest point, and final velocity

  • x3lifelove
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How to find displacement of 400m track

  • Rbraind
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Why is internal energy of water determined by temperature alone false?

  • sparkle123
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Oil and liquid films with changing surface tension

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Ball in the air conceptual question.

  • Sentience
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Measuring acceleration of gravity

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