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Does a Charged Rod Repel More Strongly Than a Point Charge?

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What is Maximum Velocity of Mass in SHM Homework?

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Calculate Change in Entropy of Factory Furnace per sq m/sec

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Optics Problem: Duplicating Newton's Results with Lens and Prism

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What Are the Equations for a Ball Drop Experiment?

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How accurately can the position of a 2.7keV electron be measured?

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How Do I Graph Logarithms with Negative Rate of Cooling?

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Calculating Wave Speed & Distance from Boat

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How Far is the 4th Maximum from the Central Maximum?

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Gauss's Law and electric field magnitude

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Mechanical Energy of a Physical Pendulum

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Electricity and Magnetism homework

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What is the solution to part a of Density physics homework?

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Energy released, capacitor power output

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Magnet - right hand rule - direction of compass North

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How Long and Fast Does an Arrow Need to Travel to Clear a Tree?

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What orientation will give the minimum mutual inductance?

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How Do You Convert kV to keV?

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Test Tommorrow, Electric Fields

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With what maximum accuracy can its position be determined?

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NEED HELP A ball swung in a conical pendulum (circular motion?) question.

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Find the electric field intensity at point D

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Why do we weigh less at the equator?

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Projectile motion without Vi or time known

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Circular Motion - Pendulum swinging

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Circular motion (conical pendulum)

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Minimum Work Needed to Bring 2 charges from distance infinity

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How Can I Determine the Exit Velocity of Water from a Pipe?

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So, why do magnets feel easier to attract than to pull away?

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Error Analysis of Sin(x) with x=2±0.2

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Finding Electric Potential at Point Marked by Dot

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Is it dangerous to fire a gun upwards?

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What is the potential difference across the capacitor?

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How Is Velocity Calculated for a Two-Stage Rocket?

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What are the energy changes in a spring oscillation?

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Two point charges with electric potential energy?

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Physic's projectile motion assignment

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Rotational Force Homework: Finding Angular Velocity

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Radial & Angular Trajectory: Solving for Force

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Elastic and inelastic collisions help

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Capacitor Circuit: Equivalent Capacitance & Charge

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What Is the Probability of Finding Small Tomatoes in a Random Sample?

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Electromagnetic Radiation and Mediums

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Physics's projectile motion assignment

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Compton Scattering: Difficulties with Part C

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Magnetic fields and current flows

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Spring-Type problem (Work done by gravity)

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Sinusoidal Radiation: True or False?

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What is the Electric Field at the Origin in a Semicircle?

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Which Fundamental Force is Involved?

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I think my physics teacher doesnt have a clue

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Free surface of a liquid at rest

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The potential difference necessary to accelerate an He+ ion ?

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Friction on an inclined plane/pulley

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Shear Stress & Hole Compression

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How is acceleration = work done?

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Efficiency What makes it less than 100%?

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Coulomb's Law, Rearranging Equation.

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A bullet is shot into a block of wood

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Calculate Force to Move Crate at Steady Speed

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Damped harmonic oscillator with a CONSTANT frictional force

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What Modifications Can Boost Ramp Efficiency Without Height Adjustment?

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The Mysteries of (a) and (c): Homework Solutions

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Radiation pressure and electromagnetic waves

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How Does a Sharp Shadow Prove Light Travels in Straight Lines?

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No Work Done during Circular Motion

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Conservation of momentum and kinematics - exploding artillery shell

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Really Quick Maxwell Eqns Question

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Average Power Calculation for a Box Pushed Up an Incline in 4.2 Seconds

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Equation of motion for a simple pendulum

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Difference Between x^2 + ax + b and ax^2 + bx + c?

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Projectile Motion, how tall is the building

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Solving 1D Quantum Mechanics Homework for Square Well w/ Infinite Wall

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Physics-Stable Equilibrium and Oscillations

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How Is Stable Equilibrium Achieved in a One-Dimensional Force System?

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How are energy and work related?

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Why Was Mass Given for Work Calculation?

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Effort Required to lift a load using third order lever

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Statics - Truck's max load in center of mass

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What Is the Amplitude of the Block's Motion After a Bullet Is Fired Into It?

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Why Do Observers in Different Frames Perceive Time Differently?

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Urgent! Max Heat Withdrawn from Low-Temp Reservoir

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Physics homework on Radioactivity

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Object Rolling Down Inclined Plane

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RLC circuit with variable capacitance problem

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Projectile motion and gravitational acceleration

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Finite potential well easy question

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Calculating Potential Difference in Self-Induction

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Change in electric potential between 2 parallel plates

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Need help with potential energy, kinetic energy ect.

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Which Formula Should I Use to Calculate the Kinetic Energy of Gases?

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Doppler Effect involving two moving objects

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Is the Collision Between Two Moving Carts Elastic?

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Question about this Concept about Coulomb's Law

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Need help understanding this concept on field intensity

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Modern Physics Introduction Photon Energy and Wavelength

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