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Charging a partially charged capacitor

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Kinematics - Sled Homework Solution

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Deriving a formula for max. speed of a simple pendulum bob

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Calculating Work, Heat & Energy Change in Gas

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How Fast Does a Wave Travel in a Steel Wire?

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Water Pressure in Pipe: 85L/s at 35m Depth

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Calculating Fractional Increase in Tension for Beat Frequency Problem

  • UnPhysStudent
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How Is Electric Flux Calculated Through a Non-Uniform Field in a Cube?

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Vertical Spring With Weight Reaching Equilibrium

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Energy in an Oscillating Spring

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What Determines the Frequency of a Wave Packet?

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How to Calculate Charge Content of a Sphere with Spherical Symmetry?

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Discharging of capacitor with another capacitor at time t

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How Do You Calculate Amplitude and Period in Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Two-point source interference pattern

  • 12physics
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Power delivered by Battery to Capacitor in Time Constants

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Centripetal acceleration at the ends of a rotating rod?

  • graphsome
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Find exit speed at the bottom of the ramp using kinematics only

  • spartan55
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By how much does the thermal energy of the gas change?

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What is the Pressure Change in an Aortic Aneurysm?

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Finding Electric Field of Charged Ring w/ 2 Lines Intersecting

  • roman15
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Simple Electric Potential/Field problem

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Heat Transfer: Finding T2 for a Cooled Stainless Steel Pipe

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What are the components of force in 3D for a pulled atom?

  • Gogsey
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Help Needed: Calculating Power in Lamps in Circuit

  • Capt.Obvious
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What is the solution to a simple RLC circuit problem?

  • degs2k4
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Help: Due Tonight Electric Field Question

  • rbraunberger
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What is my textbook trying to say?

  • flyingpig
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I am unhappy about the answer to this problem

  • flyingpig
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Why is energy conserved in an elastic collision? I proved it is not?

  • flyingpig
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Help Assignment due tonight Sound And Waves Question

  • Student3.41
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Find the Magnitude of b Given c and a Vector in the Positive y-Axis

  • emmy
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Calculating Charge of 3 Identical Point Charges

  • pringless
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Line Charge+ insulating Cylindrical Shell

  • hime
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What Happens When White Light is Used in Young's Double Slit Experiment?

  • songoku
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What is the formula for finding the speed of ions in a heated plasma?

  • Drakkith
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How far up the hill will it coast before starting to roll back down?

  • spartan55
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Sound Intensity/Power Question. Help.

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Does Damping Affect the Period of SHM?

  • ariarch
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Solving Electric Field Equations: A Case Study

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Doppler Effect- small question on formula setup.

  • Muntaballs
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Solving Force vs Time Graphs: Velocity Example #37

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Work on a Football: Energy Transfer and Distance

  • Peter G.
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How Do You Calculate Dynamics of a Mass Spring System?

  • deliliah
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Building a roller coaster in school

  • Sean1218
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Find Time in Air for Ball Launched Upward with 18 m/s

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Lowest Resonant Frequency Issues

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Physics Questions: Electric Field Magnitude/Direction/Units

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Solving Sound Wave Question: Energy Delivered to Eardrum

  • stuti911
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Solving Electrical Circuit Homework Questions

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Thermonuclear fusion in the Sun

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Water Level in Tank: Rising & Oscillating

  • vissh
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How Do You Calculate the Orbit Height of a Spacecraft Around a Planet?

  • Pseudopro
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Special relativity question, NEED HELP

  • RagincajunLA
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Field and force with three charges

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Collision accident/involves momemntum

  • Acestein
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Projectile Motion Problem: Tennis Ball Clearance Calculation

  • m_scott
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Rise of Water in a 20 cm Capillary Tube

  • vissh
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CO2 gas in a temp-controlled, pressure-controlled container

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Heat Transfer Help: Find Time to Melt Ice

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Conceptual? question of direction/magnetic force of current in x-y plane

  • rfig08d
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Dot products and angle between cables

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Why is the Ground Force (K) Located at the Edge of the Cylinder?

  • Tusike
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Beginning Low-Pass Filter Questions

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Calculating Kinetic Energy & Velocity of Electrons/Protons

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Thermal Expansion of lead rod question

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Solving for Index of Refraction Using x, d, and θ

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Questions About Ruthenium 106 and Brachytherapy

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Current in multi-battery circuits

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How Does a Day on the Moon Compare to Earth?

  • blink_1992
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What height was it thrown from.

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What Average Acceleration Must a Plane Achieve for Safe Takeoff?

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When will Mike hit the water when jumping off a diving board on the moon?

  • gldnsrfbord
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Find Acceleration: Negative | Lines (a-e)

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Additional & Duplication Formula

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Find C in general sine function

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How Is Work Related to Changes in Kinetic Energy in a Rocket Car's Deceleration?

  • mousemouse123
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Internal Resistance of a Battery problem

  • dancergirlie
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Average Speed Between Points A & B: 0 m/s

  • frizzler43
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How Do You Calculate the Return Path in Vector Addition?

  • Resmo112
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Could somebody define Cell current?

  • Phys.ics
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Specific volume and density problem

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What Tension is Needed to Maintain Wavelength When Frequency Doubles?

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Basketball player shooting ball, finding velocity for a no backboard shot

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Energy equivalence between linear and rotational motion

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Analyzing the Motion of a Thrown Box Using Newton's Laws of Motion

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Understanding Angular Size Calculation: Europa and Jupiter

  • blink_1992
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Relationship between most probable speed & rotation speed (gas)

  • Clairepie
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Calculating Electric Field and Force in a Coaxial Cable

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What Value of q Maximizes the Repulsive Force Between Two Charges?

  • aaronmilk3
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What is the Angle θ for No Net Force on Electron 2?

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