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Help with resonant frequency in ACC

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Magnetic Force Exerted on Particle

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Force Needed to pull apart hemispheres of an evacuated sphere

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Circular Motion: Understanding Centripetal Force

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What Is the Natural Angular Frequency of a Cantilevered Body?

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Calculate Torque: Solve the Equation!

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Resultant Amplitude of 2 Waves

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Angular Momentum Operator Eigenfunction

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Reaction force on a semi-cubical parabola

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Not the regular old kinematic question- help

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Electric field due to a finite line of charge

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Distance between falling object

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Quantum Numbers for Hydrogen Atom Electron

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Please help me with..Destructive Interference

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Potential difference between two points problem

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Confused by Mark Scheme: Exam Q on Fire Engine Sound Wave

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Calculating Current in a Circuit with a 20 Ohm Resistor

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Stopping distance of 2 Vehicles

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Equilibrium and Moment of Inertia Question

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How often are mars and earth diametrically apart

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Measuring the period of a pendulum or spring with a stopwatch

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Using photogates to find acceleration

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Statics, moment of inertia simple square-shape (no calculus)

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Solving a Physics Work Problem: Calculating Work on a Moving Car

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Two transfersal sinusoidal wave

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Strength and direction of an electric field at a particular point problem

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Find the taylor series of ln(1+x)

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Finding normal force from kinetic and potential energies

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Solve the Mistake: Simple Harmonic Motion

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How Long to Charge a 470µF Capacitor to 330V with a 3V Battery?

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What work was done by the electric force?

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Finding Angular speed and momentum

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Pulley problem solving for mass

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Bungee Jumper - Elastic Potential Energy

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Momentum conserved on inclined ramps?

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What is the minimum thickness for destructive interference in thin film?

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Max Voltage for Series/Parallel Resistors of 5 Ohms/10 Watts

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Short Answer SHM of diatomic molecule

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Polytropic Process: Finding Final Pressure and Volume

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A skier starts from a hill 1000m high

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What Is the Frequency of the Voltage Source in an LRC Series AC Circuit?

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Minimum time through a cyclotron

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How Does Tension Direction Affect Torque in a Pulley System?

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A cylinder on an inclined plane with rope

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How much heat energy is produced when a steel ball falls into sand?

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Units of measure for Electric and Magnetic Fields

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Electric potential of electric dipole at large distance

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Friction and the Coefficents of Friction question

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Sphere Climb Incline: Friction, Acceleration, Energy

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Pulse Generator & Repitition Rate

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Total Internal Reflection Confusion

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Show that the total magnetic force on the loop is zero

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Sphere on Incline Homework: Solve Torque Equation

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Projectile Strike Homework: Angular Momentum

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What is the Relation Between Linear and Rotational Speed?

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Flame brought near charged electroscope

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How does capacitance affect voltage in a capacitor?

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Voltage,ohms law, electrical energy dilemma

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Doubling the frequency of a quantum harmonic oscillator

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Increase Dipper Frequency - Wave Velocity & Pattern Changes

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Finding the displacement thru position vectors

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Destructive Interference: radio telescope, ocean, galaxy

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Kinematics: Balloon Speed from Dropped Coin in 4s

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Magnetic Field from 2 cylinders

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Applying Kirchoff's law to circuit which only has cells

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Inclined Plane phyiscs question

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Resultant Waves: Constructive interfence vs destructive

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Calculating Forces and Acceleration in a Castle Bridge Mishap

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What is the Angular Momentum of a Bullet Before Hitting a Door?

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Pioneer 10 Spacecraft travelling in space

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Physics C mech 2004 FR (2) - Pulley and Rotational Inertia

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How Do Wavelength and Frequency Relate in Different Mediums?

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What is the flow rate in an open-ended pipe with increasing gauge pressure?

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Statics - It seems simple, but there must be a catch

  • Femme_physics
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Statics - When 2 unknowns and 2 equations cancel each other out

  • Femme_physics
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Gioncoli 4th ed chap4 q59, tension

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Network with resistors problem

  • mopar969
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What is the RC time constant for this problem?

  • mopar969
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Why is kinetic friction always lower than maximum static friction?

  • Peter G.
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Is my Req correct? (very simple electronics question)

  • Femme_physics
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What is the Correct Approach for Calculating Magnetic Field Strength?

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Circular Motion and Linear Speed

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Cancelling out units in an equation

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Potential barrier of Silicon Diode

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Solving Physics Problem: 2 Spheres, Gravitational Attraction

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Help with Dipoles Homework: Force, Torque Calculation

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How does eddy current circulation occur in a moving conductor?

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What is the width of the second slit in a single-slit diffraction experiment?

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Rotation, Conservation of Energy, Power

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Brightness of Light Bulbs Ranking Task

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How Is Torque Calculated in a Circular Coil within a Magnetic Field?

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Calculating power give mass, time, distance

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