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Calculating Horse Speed: Average Acceleration

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Refraction of Light: Why Frequency Stays Unchanged

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What is the Zero Field Point Between Two Charged Particles on the x-axis?

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How do you calculate carrier concentration in a doped semiconductor?

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Mass describing an elliptical motion connected to the center by a spring

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Optics - index of refraction and phase lag

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Studying Emissivity Effects on a Copper Box Experiment"

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Geometric Optics- Two Questions

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How Is Acceleration Calculated in a Pinball Machine?

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Snell's Law: Frequency, Velocity, Wavelength Ratios

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What are the measurements for amplitude and wavelength of a radio wave?

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Light from Element X through a diffraction Grating

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Leaky capacitor and movement of charges

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Calculating Spring Constant with Two Blocks

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Proving Noncollinearity: The Relationship Between Vectors u and v

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Law of Conservation of Momentum

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What is the electric field at x=2d?

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Finding Velocity and Angular Speed of a Rolling Cylinder

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What Range of Frequencies Corresponds to 400-700nm Wavelengths?

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Electric Field Question Involving Springs and SHM

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Finding the Time in a SHM Problem

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How Do You Calculate the Period of a Traveling Wave?

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Trying to calculate force of a tackle

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Motion with constant acceleration problem

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Air Pressure and Spring Question

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Understanding Sound Waves: Measuring Speed and Wavelength

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Difference between FM and AM waves?

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Is the Formula g=GM/r^2 Applicable Inside the Earth?

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Electricity and Magnetism Question

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Resolving Vector - Get Magnitude of F2 to 3 Sig Figs

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Moment of inertia of a door about its hinge

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Calculting the slope of the tangent to find Instantaneous velocity

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Solving Upright Rod Falling Problem

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Vertical Circles: mg vs Resultant Force

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How Does Train Length Affect Speed on a Sine-Shaped Rollercoaster Track?

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Pendulum Formulas Homework: Newton's law & s'' in terms of theta

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Electromagnetism used to determine chemical mixtures?

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What is the trajectory of a cannonball fired from the equator in space?

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Projectile motion and electric field strength

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What is the coefficient of static friction between the bag and the carousel?

  • SpecialOps0
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Help with circular motion of zero gravity

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Average translational kinetic energy of nitrogen molecule

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How to Change a Horizontal Vector to Move in a 45 degree angle

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Where Does an Electron Reach Equilibrium Between Two Charges?

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Circular Orbits and weightlessness

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Proving 1 ppm = 1 mg/L: Conflicting Equations?

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Calculating Tidal Reservoir Energy: Using Average vs Maximum Height

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Finding the net force on a charge in the center of 4 other charges.

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Work Done on an Incline: Questions Answered

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Archimedes Principle, Buoyant Force

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Deriving Electric Field for Quadropole Configuration

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Work Done and Force and Newtons Third Law of Motion

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Projectile Motion Analysis: Golf Ball Speed, Distance, and Height

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Lower and upper limits for a volume integral

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Struggling with Total Internal Reflection? Need Help for Exam Prep?

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Finding how much a 5 cm pad compresses when an egg hits it

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What are the equations to calculate friction

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Suspended Weight Homework: Max Total Weight for Cables C1-C6

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Simple concept help: Pulley and Net Torque

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Path Independence of Entropy Change

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Calculating Heat Generated from Capacitors

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Calculating Electric Field in a Square of Charges

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What is the explanation for using sin 30 in 2D kinematics?

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Basics of Friction: Learn the Fundamentals

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Particle in a 2D Box: Min Energy & Lowest Energies

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Why Is the Direction of Electric Force Important in Calculations?

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Simple pendulum and harmonic motion

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What is the phase constant in SHM?

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What is the Uniform Electric Field Problem?

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Finding Tension in a Rod Attached to Sliding Blocks

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Springs and simple harmonic motion

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Finding Magnitude and Direction using Component Method?

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What is the Acceleration with a Coefficient of Kinetic Friction of 0.2?

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Calculating Compression of Bored Out Steel Column - Stress & Strain

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Finding the mininum value of the coffecitent of friction

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Is it possible for a balloon to rise up with an acceleration of 1 m/s²?

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Heating water at constant volume and pressure

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How many joules of heat will be delivered to the room

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Surface Area and Friction in Static Friction?

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Which Material is Safer for a Swing Safety Pad?

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Heat loss through an insulated pipe

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Magnitudes of the largest and smallest force?

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What is the Correct Frequency of a Child's Swing Motion?

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Calculating radio station frequency given distances

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Projectile motions with different masses

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Radiation Pressure & Gravity on Solar Sail at 1AU

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Relationship between mass of cart, mass on a pulley and resulting acceleration

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Photoelectric effect/finding kinetic energy.

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How Does a Bike Helmet Design Help Protect an Egg from a Fall?

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Theoretical power from wind turbine

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