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Two horses pulling a barge at 60° angle

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Find the magnetic field at the center of a rectangle

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Converting nanometers to meters

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Rotational Motion with a Suspended Hinge

  • MF92
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Did I get it right by coincidence?

  • flyingpig
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Why no refraction at the curved side in Snell's law lab

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Calculating Impedance in an RLC circuit

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Showing Superposition Principle with Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation

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Addition of velocities. relativity.

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Conservation of relativistic energy

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Moment of Inertia for Three Point Masses

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Find F(x) when v(x) is given. Chain rule?

  • mg11
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How Far Does a 500 m/s Projectile Travel Horizontally at -50m Elevation?

  • LittleWing
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Electron accelerated through a potential difference

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Compressed spring on the ceiling.

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Velocity vs. Time with Uniform Acceleration and Braking Rate

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How is the Relative Angle Between Two Polarizers Determined?

  • tica86
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Conservation of Momentum of radioactive mass

  • Peter G.
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Simple definition of tension for a science fair project

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Mass of stars in a binary system from period and orbital speed

  • joeyjane
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Potential Energy of Elastic Band

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Elastic potential energy of a stretched band launched horizontally

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Child sliding down playground slide with friction

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Understanding Thin Film Interference

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Magnetic force, coefficient of friction, forces in equilibrium

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Average intensity problem? related to EM waves?

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Find work given force equation in component form

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Solving Ten-Pin Bowling Physics with Proportional Signs

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Air speed through trachea during a cough

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Converting arcseconds to radians for angular size calculation

  • leonne
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Force on player catching a rebounding handball

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Emf of a single loop wire around a solenoid

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Supermeshes and Dependent Current Sources: Determining the Constraint EQ

  • Saladsamurai
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Understanding Forces and Motion in a Translating and Rotating Ring

  • gator286
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Magnetic field from a sliding rod in a square loop using Ampere's law

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Finding the inductor value with a frequency range

  • cummi3em
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Magnetic field from an infinite sheet of charge

  • gonzalesdp
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Beat frequency, find intensity at distance from sources?

  • Inertigratus
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Rotational energy convservation probelm, inertia

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Magnetic field due to an uneven current loop

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Pull a rectangular loop through a magnetic field

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Infinite Square-Well Potential Problem

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How Does Radon-222 Impact Indoor Air Quality?

  • figureskater
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Solve Vertical Circles: Force, Velocity, Acceleration, Mass, Reaction

  • RJWills
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Induced Electric Field work done

  • zorro
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Why can't different wave equations form standing waves?

  • Abhishekdas
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How Do Wire Characteristics Affect the Notes They Emit?

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How to Calculate Tension in Wires of Different Lengths?

  • TerryC
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Current density problem - stuck on solution

  • j-lee00
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What is the Terminal Velocity of an Object Subjected to Drag Force?

  • Yapper
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Woman's weight at twice Earth's radius

  • babyjachy
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What is the nature of entropy and its relationship to equilibrium?

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Ice and water mixture heated by steam to 25°C

  • elin0523
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Planck's Law/ number of photons

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How to Calculate Fluid Height in a U-Tube Using Bernoulli's Equation

  • sarahmf
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How to Calculate Power in a Physics Problem?

  • dorkymichelle
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Finding greatest speed of 0.50-kg block on spring with 0.12 J total energy

  • dorkymichelle
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Proving x'' + ω²r = 0 and y'' + ω²r = 0 for circular motion

  • Stochastic13
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12 energy homework questions: bowling swing, work, power, pole vault

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Question on conversions when figuring out the pressure of a fluid

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Given mass, force, and acceleration solve for the coefficient of friction

  • michaelstanle
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Unwinding a Light String from a Spool

  • artsim2011
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Appliance in the bath - Curious

  • pat666
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How Does Collision Timing Affect the Force Experienced?

  • Peter G.
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How High Will the Ball Shoot Above the Water?

  • fernancb
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Ranking velocities of particles in uniform magnetic field

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Two-mass pulley system with rotating disk

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Sphere sits at bottom of milk container, find mass?

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Problem about boundries in this solve of quantum problem

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Damn it, PF again erase all of my work

  • flyingpig
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Calculating Rise of Mercury in U-tube with Water

  • tigers4
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For those who have this textbook.

  • DannyPhysika
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Thermal energy of a gas in a box

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Special relativity: Simple Lorentz transformation question

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Curent and ohm's law-potential difference

  • smoics
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Inflatable Boat Capacity 420L - Load Capacity Calculation

  • chawki
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Calculating Revolutions with Constant Force: Solving for Angular Velocity

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Questions about Resistance, Capacitors in Circuits

  • mneox
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Finding voltage drop across 2k ohm resistor using voltage division

  • pat666
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How do you work out the reaction distance?

  • littlemissbee
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Current and Ohm's Law-filament diameter

  • smoics
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Force required down an incline.

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Spring, blocks and conservation of energy

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Sliding on Sphere with Friction

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How Is Magnification Calculated with Two Thin Lenses?

  • avelon
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Block dropped onto spring: finding maximum compression

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New to physics and with Newtons laws

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Have I done my working out correctly and used the right formulae?

  • Elihu5991
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Conservation of Angular Momentum of particle

  • Versaiteis
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Find change in kinetic energy using work?

  • dorkymichelle
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KK Prob 1.14 - Angular Acceleration of a Rolling Drum

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Energy of Capacitor in RC Circuit

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