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Astronomy - Determine the sum of the stellar masses

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Curvilinear (n/t) motion (find magnitude of acceleration)

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How Do You Solve Simultaneous Equations for Revision?

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Carnot engine ( Thermodynamics )

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How do you deduce P and L from a graph of ln(V) against Q for V = Pe^(-LQ)?

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Period of Small Oscillations for Rigid Body Pendulum

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Calculating engine torque/horse power from datalogs

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How to calculate battery discharge time

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Standing waves and frequency

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Force exerted by aircraft dive brakes- where did I go wrong?

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Calculating Cooling Rate for a Black Body in a Vacuum with a Radiation Screen

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Multipath dispersion in fibre optic cable

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Question on Work: Understanding Force, Mass, and Displacement

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Conceptual Question Regarding Fluids

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Ball on a string with initial velocity

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Entropy Change Q: 10 Ohm Resistor @ 300K, 5A for 2 Mins

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Classical Electron Magnetic Moment

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Angular acceleration of a merry-go-round - no time given?

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Hydrostatics: solving for density.

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A simple capacitors related question

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Bragg Scattering Angle for 63eV Electrons on Ni Crystal

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Change in momentum problem. BASIC, IMPORTANT, but i don not know help?

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How Do You Calculate the Center of Mass for a Non-Uniform Object?

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Speed of sound minimum distance problem

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Mass, friction and equilibrium in a system

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What is the average acceleration of the Nissan Leaf in m/s/s?

  • connphysics
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Steel Ball Collision: Solving for Height and Understanding Momentum

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How can I build the most efficient mouse trap car to travel over 175 feet?

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Why is CO2 a bigger concern for global climate change?

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Which statements about projectile motion are true?

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Photoelectric Effect: Photoelectron Kinetic Energy vs. Frequency Graph

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Time period of oscillation of a pole floating

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Finding semimajor axis and eccentricity from energy and angular momentum

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Power Dissipation in Resistive Circuit Conceptual Question

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How Fast Does Sound Travel Through Water and Granite?

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Finding I2 and Vab in a circuit

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Calculating Mass on a Wave Pulse Along a Wire

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Calculating Velocity of a Falling Water Drop Using Newton's Second Law

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Understanding Magnetic Field Direction and Force Using Right Hand Rule

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Rotaional kinetic energy? how find

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How Does Double-Paned Glass Affect Heat Transfer?

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Not-So-Parallel Plate Capacitor

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Physics problem involving sum of torques

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Projectile Recoil: Find Gun Horizontal Speed

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Physics of man breaking arm falling into pool

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Find K/Ug: Solving a Constant Ratio of Kinetic and Potential Energy

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Calculating Power Input for Wind Turbine Shaft with Continuous Force

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Are two waves in phase if their crests match up?

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Centripetal force and tension in a string

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Time for a cylindrical beam to fall from upright in circular motion

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How to calculate work required to move an object

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Solve Thermal Radiation HW: Find Temperature Inside Insulating Case

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Calculating Halley's Comet Speed at Maximum Distance

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Wind Tunnel Creation +more then 3 speeds

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Finding the Pivot Point for a Seesaw Equilibrium

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Translational speed of a bucket

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Ballistic or Trajectory: Which Determines Ball Speed Better?

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How to Calculate Current in a Parallel RLC Circuit at 1kHz?

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Minimal Launch Velocity needed

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Car braking and skidding on a 5° hill with friction

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What are (a) the current density and (b) the electron drift speed?

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How Does Time Dilation Symmetry Work in a Rocket Traveling at 0.8c?

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Constant Resistance in Physics Problem

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What is the final velocity of two colliding masses?

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Which unit equals one joule of electrical power

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Check My Physics Homework: Ball Thrown Upward

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Collision of Two Trucks: Calculate Combined Velocity After Inelastic Collision

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How Do Trig Ratios Solve Equilibrium Problems in Physics?

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Could a person survive jumping 69m from a dam into water?

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Calculate Arrow Velocity from Stored Energy

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What Causes Cords to Break Under Tension?

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Effect of a Magnetic Field on a charge

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Constant-volume gas thermometer calibration

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Max Boat Speed w/ 2 Engines: Proportional to v^2 Resistive Force

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What is the Escape Velocity of a Satellite in Orbit?

  • mike91
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3 Multiple Choice - Circuits/Waves

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RLC circuit with very large Resistance

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Torque of board over 2 shoulders

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Water pressure in tapered pipe with vertical manometers

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Box descending on rope wrapped around cylinder and pulley

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How Do You Calculate Image Position with Two Converging Lenses?

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I seriously this is a different language to me- Conservation of Momentum

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Fluid Flow: Water Pipe with Vertical Pipes

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Differential Equation to Position

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Satellite Orbit around the earth, speed?

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Rotation Problem: determine the number of revolutions

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Finding item mass and container mass from Millikan experiment data

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Simple but difficult for me. momentum, collsion

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Minimum Velocity of Nuclei in Nuclear Fusion

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Find the Current passing through the Resistor.

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Electric field due to point charge

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How Do You Calculate the Equation of an Hourglass Curve?

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