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Calculating Charge of Two Spheres in Equilibrium

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Solving Ampere's Law Homework with Curve C

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Electromagnetism/Magnetism concept questions.

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How Long Does It Take a Supersonic Plane to Complete a 45-Degree Turn?

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What is the maximum induced emf in a rotating coil generator?

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Solving Newton's 2nd Law Problems: Blocks & Crate

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Football thrown, when does it reach max.height?

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Circular motion of plane flying at 40.1 degrees [CAPA Question]

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Circular Motion Energy/Binary Star problem

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Calculating the Velocity of a Fireman Sliding Down a Pole

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Solving Spring CD Horizontal Position Equilibrium Problem

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Two Trucks, same mass, one pulling other

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Lifting a 7.5 kg Box: Power Calculations

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What Are the Kinematics of Cliff Divers in Acapulco, Mexico?

  • Peter G.
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Intro to Thermal Energy/Heat Transfer: Grade 11 Practice Problems

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Energy problem-worker on roof of a building dropped a wrench over the edge

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Find Arc Length of x = 1/3√y(y-3) 1 ≤ y ≤ 9

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Gravitational Potential Energy of a skateboard

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Torque in cylinders - show the cylinder undergoes harmonic motion

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Charge and voltage of capacitors?

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How Is Electric Potential Calculated for a Charged Rod?

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Capacitor behaviour (force, electric field, charge and plate distance)

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Charged Beads released, find maximum speed.

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2 objects from the same altitude?

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Calculating the currents in each resistor

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Magnetic field of an infinite sheet of current

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Electrostatics - finding velocity of an electron

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Weight of ball/water/cylinder system as the ball falls

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Magnetic force for a current-carrying wire

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Calculating Escape Velocity for a Small Asteroid with Given Initial Velocity

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Finding points where electric potential is 0

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Backwards Derviative? Am i seeing this right?

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Dielectric Filled Parallel Plate Capacitor Question

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What is the Function of a Diode in Protecting an NPN Transistor?

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Angular velocity and acceleration for catapult arm

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What is the time period of a pendulum on an inclined plane?

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Young's Double Slit Experiment - Slit Separation Calculation

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What is the maximum height a weighted spring can reach?

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Bohr model find orbital radius for electron

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Electron orbiting proton-orbital radius?

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Change in length of an electromagnetic wave

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Resolving forces, should be simple

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A problem with a projectile motion question

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Is the Orbit of a Satellite Affected by Changes in Speed?

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Finding Velocity of a Rotating Light Source Along a Wall

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Derive spherical mirror formula using Fermat's principle

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Thermodynamics: Object 1 in contact with Object 2

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Collisions and conservation of momentum

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Nonconducting concentric cylinders

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Current Density and Electron Drift Speed

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Wave Packet and Standard Deviations

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Kinetic Energy lost during elastic collision

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Can an Electromagnetic Wave Charge a Battery?

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Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution

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Finding Electric Field from Electric Potential

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Dropping a ball onto a wedge, 2d elastic collisions.

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Electrostatics - Work done by an electron

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Find the total work done on an object on a ramp if the force is at an angle?

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Driver sees stop sign up ahead

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Equilibrium of Three Forces: Solving with Vectors?

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How Do You Analyze Forces in a Pulley System Equilibrium Problem?

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Finding Final Equilibrium and the like

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Find terminal voltage, currents of multiple batteries.

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Hanging Chandelier (A question about Tension Force)

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How Can Physics Homework on Force and Motion Be Solved Effectively?

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Solve Downhill Problem: Find Distance of b with a=35m and theta=43.6

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How Is Altitude Calculated From Earth's Radius and Satellite Distance?

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Roller-coaster conservation energy

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Watch How Light Bends: Refraction Explained

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Tension on a moving cord (Elevator)

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What is the solution to this waves/statics problem?

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Heat and Ideal Gas Homework: Point 3 Pressure Calculation

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Calculating Resistance for Charging a Battery Circuit Using Ohm's Law

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Accelerating Platform, Tilting Object

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Pivoting Bar and Kinetic Energy

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Circuit with just a battery and ground

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Dielectric and Parallel Plate Capacitor

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Does the Bead's Speed Change as It Slides Along a Frictionless Curve?

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Sketching Waveforms in Circuits w/ Diodes

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How much energy is lost due to friction?

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What is the force exerted by an object on a rope?

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Solving Circuit with Three Pathways

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How Do You Calculate Uncertainty in Physics Equations?

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Light Refraction: Which Material Takes Longest?

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How Do I Correctly Apply Node Voltage Analysis?

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Arranging Charged Objects to Exert Forces

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Such an easy problem but I cannot get it

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Graph of velocity against radius?

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What Is the Tension in a Rope with Unequal Opposing Forces?

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Does Higher Specific Impulse Mean Greater Distance Traveled in Space Probes?

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Basketball shot with just x and y distance and angle

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Grounded sphere in Electric field

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Resistance in a circuit with transformers

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Can a Loop of Wire Be a Solenoid?

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