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Cylinder in a heat bath @ 0C contains water and ice & is compressed

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Mass moment of inertia of a composite shape

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Work Done on an object by 3 Forces (Very Confused)

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Find the electric field intensity from an infinite line charge

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Two blocks connected by a rope over a pulley

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Number of balloons that can be filled from a gas cylinder

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Two mirrors meet at a 135 degree angle.... (light ray question)

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Young's Modulus and the Poisson Ratio of Aluminium

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Feedback on the concepts surrounding pulley, ropes, friction

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Charge on a particle above a seemingly infinite charge plane

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What is the significance of height in a vertical spring system?

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Forces proportional to the sides of a quadrilateral result in a couple

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How Do You Solve a Block on a Slope with a Given Weight?

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Atwood machine calculation for launching a pebble

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Ball on a rotating inclined plane

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Acceleration of a spring - mass system

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Answers to Your Questions: Q1 & Q2

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Using Kirchhoff's laws on this current division problem

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Inserting a dielectric between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor

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Drag force on a descending sphere

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Help me find the electric field vector

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Help with centripetal force and friction question please

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Minimum work needed to climb to the top of a peak

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What velocity does the particle need to get to point B?

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Finding Minimum A for Equilibrium in a Two Block Problem

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LR Circuit: Answers to Common Questions

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Help with this Ferris wheel rotational physics problem please

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Two Masses, a Pulley, and an Inclined Plane

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Estimate the initial velocity of the cars after the collision

  • peace
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Electrostatic energy of concentric shells

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Help finding the equilibrium position of an electric field

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Pulley and Two Masses -- Newton's Law of Motion

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Net electric force of multiple charged particles in 3-d space

  • Edel Crine
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Intensity of Stars and the Inverse Square Law Problem

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Time period of a harmonic oscillator

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Normalization of the wave function for the electron in a hydrogen atom

  • jjson775
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Derivation of 3pt forward formula

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Forces: Pulley and Slope Constraining the Motion of two Masses

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How do you derive the units for momentum for photons

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Solve this integral involving a quadratic and linear air resistance equation

  • happyparticle
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Solar Panels and Solar Radiation Flux Density Help - Very Confused

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Non-constant acceleration, solving for velocity

  • turtles123
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Are All 10 Ohm Resistors in Parallel?

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How far can the person climb up the ladder before it starts sliding?

  • ClearWhey
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The motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field

  • peace
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Electric Potential inside an insulating sphere

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Physics lab report calculating resultant forces -- help please

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Hydrogen Emission Spectrum and Electron Energy Levels

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Block A Reaches Equilibrium: 92N Force

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Photoelectric Effect Graph and Work Function Questions

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What's the car's acceleration at a specific point?

  • Northern Cardinal
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Calculating Tension on Strings: Results & Confusion

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Seemingly a related rates problem

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Relativity: Relativistic Kinematics and Dynamics

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Electron moving to the face of plate from depth d

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Acceleration of masses with rope slipping around rod via Capstan equation

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The question: Can nitrogen molecules escape from Europa and into space?

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What is the resulting force between the beam CB and E?

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Momentum and force multiple choice

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Maximum velocity of an electron emitted from lanthanum

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Cavity and coals: brightness and its consequences

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Contradiction in the formation of an electric dipole

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Gravitational Field Strength at the equator and poles

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Interesting exercise: Torque, radiation, momentum and equilibrium

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Finding the reqiured fuel mass for a nuclear reaction

  • Practical_Fruit
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A ball thrown at an angle above an inclined plane

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Required time and distance calculation of a shock wave

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Precipitation, Runoff and Channel Flows on Titan

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Energy of a configuration of two concentric spherical charged shells

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Potential Energy and raising a satellite from Earth into a Circular Orbit

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Gravitational Field Multiple Choice Help

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Force and change in momentum in an inelastic/elastic collision

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Equation for Fourth Force and its Line of Action?

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Solving Transcendental in Wien's Displacement law

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Lost and in Need of Ideas for Finding Inspiration

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Determining an object's velocity in cylindrical coordinates

  • Marcis231
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Question about work and finding the force of friction

  • zstraught
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Potential due to a rod with a nonuniform charge density

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What is the focal length of the lens?

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Finding r of a Jovian-synchronous orbit and escape velocity

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Finding time from a velocity vector

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Having trouble with finding this displacement vector

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Maximum electric field at the surface of a Van de Graaff generator

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Finding the components of this velocity vector

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Difference in Gravitational Potential on the Moon

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Rearranging gravitational and centripetal equations to derive formulas

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Sound Wave Interference and Finding the Path Differences with Diagrams

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Help finding the vertical component of the reaction at C

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Question involving Young's modulus (mass hanging from a wire)

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Electric field due to a flat hollow disk

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Kinematics Question: A motorboat and a log in a stream

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Hitting a rocket with a projectile

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How to find Tb and Moments 3D equilibrium of rigid bodies

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Beam with a rope - type of problem (Statics)

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