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Why am I getting negative work when it should be positive?

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Physics-Electric Fields: Can someone please explain this to me?

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Electric Potential: Two Spherical Shells

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Electric field at the surface of a Geiger counter wire

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Finding the Spring Constant: A Simple Calculation

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Calculating Change in Electric Potential Energy with Multiple Charges

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Finding the Electric Potential at a Point Due to Multiple Charges

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What is the Path and Speed of a Proton in a Magnetic Field?

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How Much Fuel Does a Spacecraft Use to Generate 1.5 MN Thrust?

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Charged Particle Travelling Through Electric Field

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How Does Electric Force Balance Magnetic Force in Electron Motion?

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Potential energy of two masses connected by 3 identical strings

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Coulomb force on Q1 from Q2 and Q3 at fixed positions

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Calculating Resistance in a Light Bulb

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Can someone grade my practice test?

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The Doppler Effect: Deducing an Expression for Frequency

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Lorentz transformation and rockets

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Why are the units of entropy kJ mol⁻¹ K⁻¹?

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How Should Voltage Across an Inductor Be Treated in Circuit Analysis?

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Projective motion from a height, final velocity and horizontal distance

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Kinetics of Particles work and energy; A moving car

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Solving for Slope Angle from Kinetic Friction

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Friction/acceleration of cylinder

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Yo-yo's, Moment of Inertia, and Rotational Potential Energy

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Solve Momentum Problem: 100kg Cannon+10kg Ball, 150m/s Velocity

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How to study the static friction coefficent

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Relative Velocity Problem - find the angle

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Relativistic Momentum of a particle

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Using a simple pendulum to determine g

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Wave interference on beachfront

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What is the Relationship Between Induced EMF and Original Current in a Wire?

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How are F-number and spherical aberration related?

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Conservation of Momentum: Solving a Cannon Firing Problem

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Physics Conceptual Questions - Mixed

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Relationship between Rectilinear and Angular Motion

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Electric and Magnetic field of an electron.

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Range of an arrow, shot BACKWARDS from a moving car

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Finding the Value of the Rolling Friction Force

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Magnitude of a Net Charge within a closed surface

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Find Charge on Each Capacitor in Circuit w/ S1 Closed

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Blocks, Tension, Acceleration, Friction Problem

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How Does Water Content in Ice Affect Its Latent Heat of Fusion Value?

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Acceleration and Deceleration Experiment problem

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Physics 2 question velocity of electrons and voltages

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Conservation of Rotational Momentum and changes in Rotational Speed

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Heat Capacity Calculation Check.

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What is the weight of an object with a mass of 0.5kg on a dynamometer?

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Heat engine/thermal efficiency question

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Model of parachute that doesn't include gravity

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Resistor needed for a 12V/10W lamp on a 24V power supply

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Engineering fluid mechanics problem

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Parallel Capacitors connected to Battery then D/C

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Explosive collision initial velocity

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Why Is Work Calculated Differently for Stairs and Inclines?

  • Peter G.
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Magnetic Force due to current Parallel Wires

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Simple Harmonic Motion confusion

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Projectile motion ball throw problem

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Velocity in relation to Electric charges.

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Calculating Period and Frequency of a Mass-Spring System

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Calculating Walkway Travel Times for Passengers with Different Velocities

  • Peter G.
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Electric potential on an infinite line of charge

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Which physics texts have COMPLETE solutions manuals

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Calculating Centrifugal Force in a "Rotor-ride

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Calculating Resultants and Percent Error

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Work with Charges and Electric Potential

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Diode voltage drop with 90 ohm resistor and 136 mA current

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What Is the Correct Average Speed and Return Time for This Car Trip?

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Max Range Lab: Solving the Units Problem

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How Fast Can a Satellite Traverse 1500 km Using Limited Commands?

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Ampere's Law to find the magnitude of the magnetic field

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Lagrangian function of pendulum

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Calculating Impulse Force in a Hockey Puck Collision

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Where Do the Magnetic Fields Cancel in the X-Z Plane?

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Acceleration, 1D problem, chapter 2 basically

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What Causes Voltage Drops in P-N Diodes During Reverse Bias?

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Finding displacement of a drag car stopping

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Thermodynamics - Work done per unit mass

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How to Calculate Net Magnetic Force on a Current Loop?

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Finding Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Object

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Finding image height from a thick lens

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Solving without using differentiation?

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How can a conductor have zero field inside when it is not in equilbrium

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How Do You Calculate Instantaneous Acceleration Without Calculus?

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Two electrons are fired at each other

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Capacitance Question: Charge Change in Circuit

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Speed of blocks connected by pulley after moving 2.70cm

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Electric Fields of Concentric Cylinders

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Resultant Force and Direction Calculation

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Finding the impulse of a hockey puck colliding with a wall

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Pressure on a wall exerted by a gas

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Determine transmission of light through silver.

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