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What does Schrödinger equation prove/mean?

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Solving for Initial Velocity in Kinematic Equations

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Understanding Electric Potential Differences

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Balance the force to find the angle

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Why would high-voltage transmission cables disturb a car's radio reception?

  • I Like Pi
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Find tension and acceleration of 2 blocks stacked

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Rolling ball with initial spin on table with friction

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Principle of the conservation of the momentum problem

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Calculating the corresponding percentage

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Circuits: Average Power Absorbed by Elements

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Work/KE/PE Problem: Solving for Stone Compression Distance

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Hydroelectricity - salt vs fresh water

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Deriving Linear Transformations - Special Relativity

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Is the 'Semicircle' in the PV Diagram Actually a Semi Ellipse?

  • issacnewton
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Finding equivalent resistance of three remaining resistors in circuit

  • Saladsamurai
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Basic relativity problem - Lorentz Transformations

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Elastic Collisions: Conserving Momentum, But Not K.E.?

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Why Does the Charge of a Lead Nucleus Affect Electric Field Calculation?

  • mimictt
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Two light sources against a wall

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Finding currents through resistors using Kirchhoff's laws

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Pendulum amplitude after 5 minutes

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Spring cannon launching tennis ball at 45 degrees

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Length of a massive elastic string hung by it's end

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Why does a person on a bus move to the back when the bus accelerates?

  • Peter G.
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Very simple problem about wavelength, just a double check on work

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Electric field in plate capacitors

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So, a = 10 cos 80° i + 10 sin 80° jb = 6 cos 40° i + 6 sin 40° j

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How Do You Calculate the Y-Bar for an I-Section?

  • thomas55
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Conceptual question using Coulomb

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How to Solve a Converging Lens Problem?

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Minimum wire diameter supporting 100N load at elastic limit

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Projectile launched from cliff at angle θ0 and height Q

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Centripetal acceleration in a roller coaster loop

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Final velocity, incomplete equation (answear included)

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What is the Mean Absolute Deviation for Daily High Temperatures in St. Louis?

  • smashedpumpki
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How Do Piston Forces Compare in Balancing Different Masses?

  • Garrant3
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What is the Time Limit for Boarding the Bobbing Boat?

  • patricoles
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Dynamics (Newtons Laws of Motion) and Projectile motions

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What is the acceleration of the mass along the table?

  • lennyp
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Calculate the mass of ice with heat transfer / latent heat

  • adam640
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Coulomb's Law and electrostatic force

  • SAGHTD
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How Do You Solve These Simultaneous Differential Equations?

  • masej
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Does Freezing Increase the Density of an Unknown Fluid?

  • bobred
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How does the voltage on the inductor change over time?

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What is the Ideal Gas Equation for Calculating Gas Properties?

  • max0005
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Newton's Law of Cooling Problem

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Calculating the 'Wavelength' Of the first harmonic

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Questions on Energy changes on a ball

  • adam640
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What happens at each step of the Carnot cycle?

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Angular velocity when larger ring swings from horizontal to vertical

  • Mandeep Deka
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Boulder on a hill (Vectors and components)

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Electric field due to a Linear charge density

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Why does laser on a hair/wire creat a single slit?

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How many times louder or quieter for 80 dB and 30 dB compared to 50 dB?

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How Do You Calculate Velocity from an Acceleration-Time Curve?

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Finding net force on q1 from two charges using Coulomb's law

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Theory of Ammeters: Does it Affect Current Measurement?

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Torque and Equilibrium question

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What is the Blood Pressure at Different Heights?

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Confirming Velocity Direction After Inelastic Collision

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Bungee Jumper Acceleration and Distance Problem

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Calculating Net Forces and Distance Traveled of a Puck

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Calculating the electric field line at a point with a circular field charge

  • greenskyy
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Time between max speed and max acceleration in spring oscillation

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Submerged Fraction of Hollow Glass Sphere

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How Do You Calculate Stopping Distance?

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Finding the number of electrons in a given substance

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Magnitude of Electric Force Between Two Ions

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Rough estimate of temperature in statistical mechanics

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Projectile fired along an incline

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Tension and Acceleration on Blocks

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Tricky Dynamics Kinematics Trajectory Problem

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Electric potential, infinite nonconductin sheet and particle

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Pressure in a Cylindrical Tank

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Measuring Voltage Divider Output with Real Voltmeters

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Finding square area when inscribed circle has known area

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Boulder explodes into four pieces

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What Is the Compression of the Spring When the Box Reaches Maximum Speed?

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Capacitance of a variable capacitor

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Why is conventional current opposite to electron flow?

  • Student_93
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Work done on gas in reversible cycle with heating or cooling

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What is the Maximum Velocity for a Sphere to Just Roll Over a Rod?

  • zorro
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Finding capacitor voltages with earthed connections

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Using Coulombs Law-Comparative Analysis

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Normal force when slope accelerates horizontally

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Calculate Young's modulus for a wire stretched by hanging weight

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Contradiction between Torque and Linear Motion in Rolling Motion

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Frictional Force: Solve 2m/s in 2s

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What is the center of mass if square D is placed on top of square B?

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Calculating Distance from Starting Point with Uniform Acceleration

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Time Between max speed and max acceleration on a spring

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Pulling force for Bosun's chair?

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Ideal Gas Carnot engine refrigeration

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Pushing a ball vs Punching a ball

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Global Warming: What Happens to Day Length if South Pole Melts?

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Drag coefficients for torpedo shapes with different noses

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