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Converting nanometers to meters

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Thick cylindrical ring find inertia help

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Rotational Motion with a Suspended Hinge

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Did I get it right by coincidence?

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Index of Refraction Homework: Investigating Snell's Law

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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?

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

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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?

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Conservation of Momentum of radioactive mass

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Tension definition for science fair anyone

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The physics between stars and planets homework question?

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Potential Energy of Elastic Band

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A question about eleastic potential energy

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Help with thermal/kinetic friction energy?

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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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Speed of a Sneeze: Solve Homework Statement

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Question about units for arcsecond

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Calculating Impulse: Homework Solution

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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

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Understanding Forces and Motion in a Translating and Rotating Ring

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Question about a rod moving through a magnetic field (ampere,faraday)

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Finding the inductor value with a frequency range

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Magnetic field from an infinite sheet of charge

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Beat frequency, find intensity at distance from sources?

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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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Circuits: Mesh Analysis with Phasors

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Infinite Square-Well Potential Problem

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How Does Radon-222 Impact Indoor Air Quality?

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

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Induced Electric Field work done

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Stationary Waves: Equations for Standing Waves

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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?

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Current Density: Homework Statement & Stuck Solution

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What is the Terminal Velocity of an Object Subjected to Drag Force?

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Gravity & Mass: Woman's Weight at 2x Earth's Radius

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

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Final Equil. of 0.03 kg Ice & 0.18 kg Water @ 25°C

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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

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How to Calculate Power in a Physics Problem?

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Help with oscillating spring and energy

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Motion in a Circle: Proving the Angular Frequency Equation | Homework Help

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Help Cure High Schooler's Anxiety: Solve 12 Energy Questions!

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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

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Unwinding a Light String from a Spool

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Appliance in the bath - Curious

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How Does Collision Timing Affect the Force Experienced?

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How High Will the Ball Shoot Above the Water?

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Ranking velocities of particles in uniform magnetic field

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Rotational Kinetic Energy Test Review Help

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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

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Calculating Rise of Mercury in U-tube with Water

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For those who have this textbook.

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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

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Inflatable Boat Capacity 420L - Load Capacity Calculation

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Calculating Revolutions with Constant Force: Solving for Angular Velocity

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Questions about Resistance, Capacitors in Circuits

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Voltage Div. Homework: Find Voltage Drop Across 2K Ohm Resistor

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How do you work out the reaction distance?

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Current and Ohm's Law-filament diameter

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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?

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Spring potential energy problem

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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?

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Conservation of Angular Momentum of particle

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Find change in kinetic energy using work?

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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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How Do You Calculate the Third Force in Static Equilibrium?

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How Far Behind a Mirror Is an Image Created by a Flat Mirror?

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Force required to move two boxes stacked on top of one another.

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