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Efficiency of a heat engine at high temps

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Power of Sun: Calculating Total Radiated Power

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Troubleshooting a Coil Gun Project Using a Disposable Camera Circuit

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Gravitational Force and initial velocity

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Calculating Change in Entropy: 1100 kg Cars Colliding at 75km/hr

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Specific Heat Capacity Experiment

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Building a Laser - Brewster's Angle Problem

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Calculating Projectile Motion and Forces in Men's Hammer Throw Event

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Which Ramp Requires Less Work Taking Friction into Account?

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How do I find the proper distance between two particles in relativity?

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How do I calculate angles in a moving reference frame using relativity?

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Projectile motion (hammer throw)

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How Do You Solve the Ice Cube and Spring Problem on a Slope?

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Thermal Physics: Water vs. Wood at 50°C

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What is the charge on the second sphere?

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Wave harmonics (calculate speed of wave)

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Rigid Rod Motion: Analysis of v, a, and Initial Velocity Cases

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How Does Charge Redistribution Work Between Two Tetrahedron Conductors?

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Michelson's Interferometer Problem

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High school math (population & exponents)

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Angular Momentum Conservation with a Parakeet Landing on a Turntable

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Calculating Speed of Sound in Helium Gas at 293k

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Polarization and intensity with three polarizing sheets

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Simple Harmonic Motion and Static Friction. I am stumped.

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Rms speed of Hydrogen atoms in space

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How to Calculate Currents in a Simple Transformer?

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Electric Field at Point 36.0 cm from Rod Center

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Velocity & Acceleration of Elevator

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Understanding Snell's Law with a Prism

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What are the forces involved in circular motion on a rotating pole?

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Understanding the Energy Transfer in a Simple Pendulum System

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Get Expert Derivations for Physical Equations - Tips & Recommendations

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Angular Momentum of Ball of Mass Question

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Simple Harmonic Motion (Bullet fired into a block attached to spring)

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Ladder leaning on frictionless wall and frictionless floor

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Challing Spherical Capacitor Problem

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Basic Kinematics - Initial Velocity

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Amy's Ball: Solving a Cliff-side Problem

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Two satellites in orbit around Jupiter

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Visualizing EM Waves: Learn Basics in 9 Days

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Calculating Power for a Winch Launching an Ultralight Glider

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Find the Mass of Water that Freezes: Entropy Change Calculations

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Resistance calculation in a cube

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Velocity of a particle problem

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Solve R1 in Rt = R3 + [ ( 1/R1 + 1/R2 ) ^-1 ] for Parallel Circuits

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Car traveling on horizontal road with force of static friction

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Assignment question, two charges electric field

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What is the spring constant of both of the new springs?

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How Does Light Behave When It Strikes a Glass Plate?

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How much energy can a solar panel collect in one hour?

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Find Centroid of Shape: X & Y Dimensions from Point O

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Another Harmonic Motion Problem

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When to Use Maxima or Minima Equations in Thin-Film Interference?

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2-body problem - how to get the angle theta?

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How to graph magnetic field between two wires?

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How to Convert Volt/Ohms to Microamps

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Physics Project Help: Comparing Energy Efficiency for Lever Arm Setups

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Calculating Acceleration on Planet X Using Pendulum Period Measurements

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Relation between cavity resonance and sound speed

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Solve Mass of Glider with Harmonic Motion Help

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When Do You Hear Minimum Sound Intensity While Walking Away from Speakers?

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What force would be this replaced charge experience?

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Solve for I1, I2, I3 in Circuit w/ Loop Rule

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Altitude of a Rocket Launched into Space

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How Much Does the Spring Compress When Stopping a 4000 kg Ore Car?

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Pedulum, and it's characteristics

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Force on a Rectangular Current Loop [Magnetism]

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What Is the Key Principle of the Michelson/Morley Experiment Apparatus?

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Maximizing Efficiency in Tandem Carnot Engines

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Temperature and Pressure at Center of Stars

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Design and Build a Machine to Stop an Egg from Breaking

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Isobaric Process: Finding Work Done by Ideal Gas

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Solving Physics Problems: Manipulate Equations or Plug in Values?

  • Jimmy Snyder
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Specular Reflection for 3-D Particle Collision

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Finding unknown currents in a circuit, mass of wire

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Calculating Frequency of Star's Radio Signals from Earth

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Finding Equilibrium Charge in a Static System

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Spring Pull Q1: Bob's End Moves 20cm

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Gravitational ep in a uniform field

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At What Temperature Do Copper and Iron Wires Have Equal Resistance?

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Potentiometer to measure cell voltage

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How Does Binary Star Mass Affect Orbital Period Calculation?

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Specific Gravity: Mass 30kg & SG 3.6 in Fluid SG 1.2: True?

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Projectile Motion: Determining Height of Wood Chips Ejected at 30 degrees

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How Do You Calculate Sound Intensity from a Decibel Level?

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Showing the working for angular momentum

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How Can kWh Be Converted into Mass?

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Are My Distances Accurate in Calculating Moments at Point T?

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Rigid Body - Linear (Center of Mass) motion/Rotational Motion

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A block moving up a frictionless incline

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Calculate Focal Length to Reduce Viewing Distance to 25cm

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Calculating SHM Parameters: Speed and Acceleration at Different Points

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What is the Elastic Potential Energy Stored in a Compressed Spring?

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