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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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Finding the angle of a pendulum in SHM

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Find the maximum vertical height inc of the ball

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Thermal expansion and coefficient of linear expansion

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Radiation Problem: Find Surface Area of Light Bulb Filament

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Mirror equations - basic math error - what is it?

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What Is the Correct Minimum Velocity from Infinity?

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Why does r × m = MR²α for a hoop unwinding from a string?

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Mass of car with worn shock absorbers from SHM frequency

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Dimensional Analysis and constant

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Radius of electron orbit in He+ ion with given angular momentum

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Can a Rocket Surpass the Speed of Its Exhaust Gases?

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Why multiply pressure by 10^5 when using P = ρgh to find depth

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Can You Determine a Star's Mass Using Its Orbital Period Around a Black Hole?

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How do I find cord tension in Equilibrium problem?

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Calculating Image Size of Dropped Ball from a Concave Mirror

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What Vertical Velocity Is Needed for a Slam Dunk?

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Hanging of Unknown Mass on a spring

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What Is the Specific Heat of the Given Metal?

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Motion in one dimension, Kinematics equations

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Write Tr = T1 + T2 in vector notation

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Crystals- filling a tetrahedral site.

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Work power and energy by a weight lifter

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Kinematics - Packing falling from plane to ship type problem.

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Ratio of Pressures Involving Piston Strokes

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Max horizontal distance wrt variable angle

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Block on Wall Static Friction (Springs)

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Momentum and impulse quick questions

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Angular Velocity of Analog Watch

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Time period of SHM when a spring is cut in half

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How Does Reaction Time Impact Driving Distance and Safety?

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How Is the Resistance of a Falling Wire in a Magnetic Field Calculated?

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Boat-man problem, velocity of center of mass

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How do I make the resultant vector equal zero?

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Thermodynamics - Carnot Engine

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Forces exerted by a liquid during a tank rupture

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Using Kinematics equasions to solve

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What do the numbers and letters on a breadboard mean?

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Finding moon diameter from angle and distance

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Why Are Planetary Orbits Elliptical?

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Static Equilibrium between 2 known points and 1 unknown

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Circuit: Total Energy into a component over interval

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Object falling; acceleration based on x

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Newtons 1st Law of motion in a vacuum

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Molecular physics (easy stupid questions )

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How Much Force is Needed to Jump?

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Solve Easy Vector Problem: Find Displacement of Clock Hands from 3pm-6pm

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How to find r subscript n in this vector problem

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Inclined Plane-Acceleration of Object

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Pulley attached to two objects with a rope

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Find components of vectors on F

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Period of mass oscillating on spring elongated 10.6 cm

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What is the speed of a falling book dropped from 4.50m?

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Solve Physics Problem: Rafael Swinging Upward at 4.0 m/s

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How to measure the Capacitance of this circuit

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Determine u and v components of the Force F.

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How Much Force Must a Rope Withstand in a Vertical Toy Spin?

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Electric field at origin from non-uniform charge distribution on rod

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Finding Horizontal Speed of Electron in Electric Field

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Free Fall and Tension in a cable

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Applying Newton's Laws and solving multiple object system question

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Two fixed charges and one free to move problem.

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Total Energy of a Geosynchronous Satellite

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Electrostatic Force Exerted Between Two Protons

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Determining the Position as a Function of Time Equation

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How Is Force Calculated on an Inclined Plane with Friction?

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Calculating Work Done in Moving Multiple Charges in a Cube Configuration

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Classical Mechanics - Drag Force

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Kepler's constant and average radius of orbit

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Physics magnitude of avg acceleration

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How Fast Were the Spacecrafts Traveling Before Separation?

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Composition of 2 SHM in same direction

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Does centripetal force and tension change in a vertical circle?

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Work transfer - Introductory Thermodynamics

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Tensions at different points in a rotating rod

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What is the Current in a Circuit with a Newly Introduced Inductor?

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What are the moment of inertia, angular speed, and angular kinetic energy?

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Solving Inequalities with Integers

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Spinning friction for a small point

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Simple electric force problem with point masses includes picture

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Atwoods - applied force - reduced acceleration

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How Does Lunar Gravity Affect a Man's Jump Distance Compared to Earth?

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Forces on a 5m ladder leaning against a wall with a man on it

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Electron Force and Electric Field

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How Long Can a Toaster Run on 6 D Cell Batteries?

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Calculating Peter Griffin's Mass Using Orbital Dynamics

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Deriving the speed of sound from pressure and density

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Finding acceleration given initial velocity and displacement

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Force on Charge Q at Corner of Square

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Cosmic Calculations and Kinetic Energy

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Thermodynamics question; internal energy and heat?

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Block of mass sliding down incline and colliding

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Electric field in a coaxial cable with opposite line charges

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Phase changes and energy conservation

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