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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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Understanding the Units of Entropy in Thermodynamics

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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?

  • cupid.callin
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F-Number & Spherical Aberration: Uncovering the Relationship

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Conservation of Momentum: Solving a Cannon Firing Problem

  • AnomalyCoder
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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

  • physicsflunky
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Heat Capacity Calculation Check.

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

  • Lunny
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Heat engine/thermal efficiency question

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Charging Capacitors: Find Change in Charge

  • downwithsocks
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Model of parachute that doesn't include gravity

  • hholzer
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Calculating Resistance of Resistor for 12V/10W Lamp & 24V Accumulator

  • chawki
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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

  • jegues
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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

  • Bryon
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Which physics texts have COMPLETE solutions manuals

  • torquemada
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Calculating Centrifugal Force in a "Rotor-ride

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Calculating Resultants and Percent Error

  • godkills
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Work with Charges and Electric Potential

  • Alex G
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Solve Simple Diode Problem: Voltage Drop @ 300K

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

  • dayzie
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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?

  • cupid.callin
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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?

  • quietrain
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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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Thick Lens Image Size: Equation & Calculation

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Solving without using differentiation?

  • DannyPhysika
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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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Help Solving Gauss' Law Homework Problem

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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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Find the Speed of Blocks A & B 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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How Do You Calculate Volume Charge Density in a Varying Electron Beam?

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Calculate Minimum Horsepower to Drag 340 kg Box at 1.45 m/s

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Electric Potential: Velocity of a particle

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Resolving Forces in 3D - Statics

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Forces with friction problem, two block on each other

  • Asphyxiated
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Electric Potential: Electric charge surrounded by two spherical shells

  • Bryon
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Gravitational potential energy question (that my teachers can't explain)

  • brian_box
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Doppler Effect: Wavelengths of Sound Waves

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What Is the Tension Required for the Box to Slip on a Snow-Covered Hill?

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Find the Time Constant of an RC Circuit

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Calculating Spring Constant of Bungee Cord

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Projectile motion without time or initial velocity

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Isobaric System (work done by, or on?)

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How Does Electric Field Vary with Distance in a Cylindrical Setup?

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Help Tension and Acceleration of 2 masses with a pulley

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