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Simple harmonic motion of two pendulums

  • Abhishekdas
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Homebrew Physics Problem: Projectile Motion with Camera Observation

  • mettw
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Work of line integrals in vector field (2x²-3y, 4xy, 3x²z)

  • Bibhatsu
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Bringing 3 Charges from infinity into a triangle

  • lilpoopoo
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Momentum - two cars crashing at an angle

  • XxphysicsxX
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Finding the force and angle for 1 mm spring compression

  • Pellefant
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How Does Submarine Buoyancy Affect Its Movement and Stability?

  • sirclash
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Electric Forces and Fields questions,

  • WGman
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Can you create gravity in space? Also a question on space debris

  • flyingpig
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What Are the Reaction Forces in These Physics Diagrams?

  • Knight226
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Angular Velocity On Pulley After Variable Force

  • Jshumate
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Average velocity with a relay race

  • kx250f341
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Calculating work for a weightlifter.

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How Can a Cart Maintain Constant Velocity Down a Slope?

  • phy124
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How to Calculate Equivalent Resistance in a Series-Parallel Circuit

  • arl146
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Dart projectile motion with height offset above board

  • sun2k4
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Projectile motion: time to peak, max height, and range at 30°

  • ProPM
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Tension and acceleration, one floating block, one sliding

  • jstep
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Child walking across frozen pond (friction involved)

  • aeromat
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What is the mass of the black hole orbiting the Milky Way?

  • aeromat
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Finding R2 in a circuit with known power and resistance values

  • imagemania
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Refraction, Diffraction, or Interference?

  • Menagerie4
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RLC Circuit Find inductance and capacitance

  • dfs730
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AC Power RC series circuit low pass filter, find frequency given gain.

  • dfs730
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Potential at a junction in an infinite 2D capacitor grid

  • GrantB
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Speed of three identical charges released from equilateral triangle corners

  • lilpoopoo
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Minimum speed to clear a gap between two ramps

  • Applesauce2
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What Is the Maximum Acceleration of an Empire State Building Elevator?

  • pdonovan
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As the ball roles down the hill

  • madmarwick
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How Do Classical and Modern Physics View Gravity?

  • abejackson
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Can N < mg in road banking calculations?

  • mike168
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Velocity distribution functions, find rms velocity

  • fahmed93
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What is the Induced Current in a Time-Varying Magnetic Field?

  • Havoc0040
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How Does Switching Impact Current Flow in an RL Circuit?

  • Havoc0040
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Gain curve roll-off for 741 op-amp in dB per octave

  • maherelharake
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Capacitor parallel circuit lab: correct answer from incorrect method

  • flyingpig
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Find Thevenin Equiv. at a-b in Circuit Below

  • VinnyCee
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Bullet shot underwater where do the bubbles come from?

  • ExNihilo
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Thermometers- calculate the centigrade temperature

  • Scarlet_pat
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Finding tension in pulley systems with 100 kg weight

  • bradycat
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Mean free path and collision cross section

  • Etox
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Equivalent Spring Constant in Series and Parallel Configurations

  • Abhishekdas
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Finding Centre of Mass of a Chain

  • Grand
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Shape of Minimum Moment of Inertia for Fixed Volume: How to Prove?

  • Grand
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Why Does a Passenger Continue Moving Forward When a Car Stops Suddenly?

  • quark001
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Electrostatic force between a charged ring and charged rod.

  • qpham26
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Finding Derivatives for Bicycle Trajectory Plot in 2D

  • twowheelsbg
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Calculating Work on a Slope with Friction Coefficient of 0.2

  • fsxadder
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Atwood machine rope tension problem

  • Freeq
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Amusement park ride rotating about y.axis

  • aeromat
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Trebuchet Energy Conservation Problem Solution Explanation

  • RCB
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Average velocity problem~From Jay Orear book.

  • Biggy_G
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The field just outside a metal ball

  • Hooke's Law
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How Do You Calculate Induced Current in a Varying Magnetic Field?

  • Havoc0040
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Projectile trajectory - Trebuchet

  • Ruddie
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20 kg block collides and sticks to 5 kg mass on spring

  • loganblacke
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Calculating electric field at a certain point in space

  • tobywashere
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Calculating Work Done by Gravitational Force: Undergrad Homework Help

  • janthony
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Finding the force balancing a weight

  • jsmith613
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Two capacitors in series: charge and voltage with 60 V battery

  • Linus Pauling
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Time period of Mass attached to 3 springs

  • Smarty7
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Solve Latent Heat Problem: Mass of Injected Steam

  • dolerka
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Carnot cycles in thermodynamics

  • ndavis
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Problem with relativistic doppler?

  • Piyu
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What are the Dynamics of Friction in a Mass on a Level Surface?

  • dwalker19
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Finding Work and Power in a Traffic Junction

  • herbgriffin
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How Do Point Charges Affect Force on a Charge Along the X-axis?

  • wingit132
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How can I solve this basic velocity problem involving a thrown ball?

  • dwalker19
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Does this even make sense? Measuring voltage of a capacitor

  • flyingpig
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Acceleration of 20 kg and 30 kg blocks on inclined pulley system

  • metallica007
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Calculating Coefficient of Friction for a Coin on a Turntable

  • atmega-ist
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How Do You Calculate Forces on a Box Pulled at an Angle?

  • aeromat
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What does this mean? I don't understand separated again

  • flyingpig
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Static friction force on an 85 kg object with coefficient 0.30

  • chawki
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Why don't equal and opposite forces cancel in Newton's third law?

  • zeo2396
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How Fast is the Shoe Moving Before It Hits the Spring?

  • fernancb
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Is Gravity Not a Force in General Relativity?

  • cary5
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Can voltage appear out of the blue?

  • flyingpig
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Velocity-time diagram for a go kart coasting up and down a hill

  • davie08
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Rocket speed without spring attachment using work-energy theorem

  • turtledove
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Fusion Reaction of Hydrogen and Deuterium into Helium

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Two capacitors connected in parallel and series

  • gmmstr827
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Average velocity for car traveling east then northeast

  • kx250f341
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Deriving First Law of Thermo Equations

  • mortalapeman
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What is the Uncertainty in the Wavelength of Emitted Photon?

  • erok81
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Problem on work done in thermodynamics

  • duntpwnme
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Velocity and frequency of standing waves, number of nodes

  • maiamorbific
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What is the Magnitude of Total Acceleration at Point A?

  • smashbrohamme
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How Is Capacitance Calculated in a Cloud-to-Ground Model?

  • Badrakhandama
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Potential of a point from charged rod.

  • Piyu
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Finding launch angle for projectile to hit target 2.5 m away

  • Help1212
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Work to move charge to infinity problem

  • awertag
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Charge on 4 capacitors in parallel then series

  • neshepard
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Work to move charge to infinity?

  • awertag
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Calculating Average Power LCR series circuit

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