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Speed and G-force for 300 lb drop and rail curve

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Frictional force on a solid sphere rolling without slipping down an incline

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Proving Parallel Lines with Matrices: Q3

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What Is the Reynolds Number for Fluid Flow in a Tube?

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Solve Poiseuille's Equation: 10mL of Water in 37.50 cm h, 20.22 cm L

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Induced electric field in a solenoid with ferromagnetic core

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Solving a Diatomic Ideal Gas Problem: Find Temp & Energy Transfer

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Finding normal force on a skater at the top of a circular path

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Problem with model answer to exam

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Fourier Transform: Solving 2sinc(w) Part 1

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Finding the Direction of a Resultant Vector in Rectangular Coordinates

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Understanding Vector Components at 120 Degrees

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Radio Receiver problem (Path length difference)

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Minimum soap bubble thickness for bright coloured reflections

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Proving the group velocity equation.

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Multiple Plane Mirrors: How Many Images Will Be Formed?

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Coupled pendulums and wave equation.

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Find currents in every loop of the circuit

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Current in Capacitor Discharge Circuit - 5 μC per s

  • sachin123
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Which bulb will get fused first?

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Net magnetic field due to short barmagnets

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AP Physics Experiment - Tower/Bridge/Boat - 3 in 1

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Plotting (x-xi)/t vs t to find acceleration

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Young double-slit experiment with intensity at 29°

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Why do parallel lines S1P and BP intersect at P in Young's experiment?

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Forces between two hanging parallel wires

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Rock dropped from cliff: why is velocity negative after 2s?

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What is the maximum generated voltage from the swinging metal piece?

  • Unkownentity
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Rolling Slipping Hoop: Solving for Stopping Time and Direction

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Solve Collision Momentum: Find Speed of Pucks A & B

  • neoncrazy101
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How to Calculate Final Uncertainty in Quotient Calculations?

  • roam
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Momentum Eigenstate: Meaning of <psi|p|psi>, etc.

  • imagemania
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Inverting Lorentz transformation from x' to x

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Kinematics (projectile) - why is my solution wrong?

  • Femme_physics
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Work done by engine on truck decelerating up a slope

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What thermometer to use for an oven, child, cryostat, and sun?

  • bon
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Calculating Projectile Velocity with Spring Compression

  • BlueDevil14
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How Is Equilibrium Distance Calculated Between Charged Spheres?

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Force pulling vertical arm away from rotating horizontal arm

  • Shidoran
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Solving a Circuit: What Will the Voltmeter Show?

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Hydraulic lift diameter of larger piston with 500N force on smaller piston

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Finding Convex Lens Focal Length

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Faling to loop the loop in a rollercoaster. How does this happen?

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Temperature difference conversion between Celsius and Fahrenheit

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Calculate the fundamental frequency of a steel rod

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Polarized Dielectric and Charge Density.

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Find Tension in 2 Ropes Supporting 43.0kg Weight

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Calculate Torque Vector for Force F at r - Dot Product

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Dot product issue. system of equations

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Solve Hooke's Law Question: Velocity of Ball After Release

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How Can Force and Time Determine Velocity in Physics Problems?

  • Ricaoma
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Is the Joule-Kelvin Expansion Reversible?

  • bon
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Projectile motion - finding initial velocity with no time

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Calculating Initial Speed of 2.7g Ball Launched at 45° with 50V Solenoid Input

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Magnetic flux density in the centre of a current carrying loop

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More Football Projectile Motion

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Finding voltages and power in an RLC circuit with 200μF capacitor

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Can Like Magnetic Poles Theoretically Attract?

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Period of a physical pendulum with rod and meter stick

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Capacitance and Electromagnetism

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Solving Friction Problem with Masses m and M

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Projectile Motion: Football Thrown at Moving Receiver

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Projectile motion with unknown angle and Vo

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As Internal resistance and emf question

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Why is T=16 not 32 when taking moments at point O?

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Projectile Motion: Horizontal distance

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Solving 2y-4x-5=0 and y=3x+1 with matrices gives zero determinant

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Calculating Peak Velocity of a Magnet Under Continuous Magnetic Force

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A person uses a re-flecting telescope of dia= 20 cm

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Rocket reaches higher after fuel exhaustion in kinematics problem

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Refractive Index at Critical Angle: Find the Solution

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How does current change when potential difference increases across a wire?

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What happens when a switch is closed in a circuit with two coils?

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Whats wrong with my derivation?

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Projectile Question (Not making any sense)

  • kozis
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Thermal Physics - Gas Problems:

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Using the Angular Frequency to Solve a Differential Equation

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How Accurate Are These Calculations Based on Newton's Second Law?

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Magnitude of the induced current in the loop

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Prove that coefficient of friction is independent of mass?

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Power carried by a damped wave pulse on a string

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Factory whistle Doppler effect with moving observer

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What do the symbols in Faraday's law equation mean?

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Kinetmatics of rectilinear motion

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Are polarizing filters literally tiny slats or just an analogy?

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Laser Interference and Diffraction, single and double slit experiment?

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Finding the Rescue Direction for a Plane Emergency Landing

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Torque and angular momentum of a conical pendulum

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When does a charged particle reach x>b in a magnetic field?

  • bon
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Ranking mass loss per nucleon in fusion of different nuclei

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Relative Velocity in 2 Dimensions

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How Much Force Does a Gunshot Exert in Movie Scenes?

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Finding the charge on each capacitor

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Spring Mass Damping System Question? Maximum acceleration?

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What is the Difference Between Escape Velocity and Orbit Velocity?

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