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Photoelectric effect/finding kinetic energy.

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Why does a bike helmet design protect an egg dropped 11 meters?

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Theoretical power from wind turbine

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Finding constant K in angular acceleration formula for two masses on a rod

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Standing Waves on a Violin String

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Calculating Car Lift Height with a Hydraulic Lift

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Calculating Efficiency of a Steam Turbine at Varying Temperatures

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Which quantities conserve when clay hits a spinning rod?

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Calculating Acceleration of Kings Dominion Drop Tower

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Using mass of copper in both air and liquid to find density of liquid?

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Elevator problem; but i don't have the mass

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Calculating Angular Velocity and Kinetic Energy in a Rotating System

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Car with mass of 1500kg and thrust of 4000N

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Thermodynamics- energy, pressure, volume

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Applyings Newton 2nd Law and Kinematics

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Determine Electric Force Due to Charges on Neg. Charged Dust Mite

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Simple Electric Field Magnitude Question

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Air bubble rising from lake bottom changes volume and temperature

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Simple Electrical Equation Advice.

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Ohm's law and resistivity, again

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What does the constant term in Newton's second law mean?

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Like charges repel and unlike charges

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How Much Force Does Sunlight Exert on Earth?

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How Does Helium's Volume and Temperature Change in an Adiabatic Ascent?

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Percentage Uncertanty and youngs modulus

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Which Statements About Object Motion in Physics Are False?

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Thermodynamics- Gauge pressure, moles, molecules

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How Much Heat Escapes Through a Concrete Floor in an Hour?

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Why Do Series Circuits Show More Error Than Parallel Circuits in Experiments?

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Finding wave frequency from phase difference

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Determining which hotel guest pushed Adam Able from a window

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Find the acceleration with very little

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How the current go through this circuit?

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How Does Temperature Affect the Depth of Mercury in a Glass Tube?

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Resulstant force pendulum equilibrium position

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Newton's third law, frictional force, acceleration

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Aeroplane flight: time, displacement, velocity question

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How Do You Calculate Wave Parameters and Displacement?

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What is the initial length of rods A and B in rod C?

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2 Questions of Momentum and Impulse

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Net force is Zero, quadratic answers

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Maximum speed on a banked road with friction

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Find the rate of change of the current in the inductor

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Electron projected in electric field: max height and displacement

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PV diagram for ideal gas cycle with isothermal and isobaric steps

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How Does Friction Affect a Sphere's Velocity on a Ramp?

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Law of Conservation of Energy of a downhill skier

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World Lines Problem, axes as meters

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Block and hoop sliding up a frictionless incline

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Electron Single Slit Diffraction

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Hard Physics Problem - Centripetal Force

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Calculating Velocity of Sphere on Inclined Plane

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Initial phase determination in a wave

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How Do You Calculate the Maximum Speed in a Frictionless Pulley System?

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Electrostatic Force in a Mad Scientist's Trap

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What is the maximum force allowed in this tension problem?

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Calculating the Radius of a Hill for Weightless Sensation at 42 mph

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Electrostatic Potencial Problem

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Calculating torque and normal force on a balanced meter stick

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Mass of chair on weighing scale and wall

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Physics maths calculus charge calculations

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Which way does electric field line go?

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What happens when charged spheres touch?

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How Many Photons Hit Your Retina from a Distant Light Source?

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Calculating Time for a Mass to Hit the Floor on a Pulley System

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Calculating Velocity After Elastic Collision: Kinetic Energy Problem

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Circulation Motion - Airplane Loop

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Calculating Capacitance: Series vs Parallel

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Tension in string for vertical circular motion

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Rotating the Resultant Force on a Charge

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Question on electric filed of an insulating cylinder

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Energy And Electric Field In Circuits

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Finding the de Broglie wavelength from momentum

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Solving a Vertical Ball Throwing Problem: Velocity and Time Calculation

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What effects does a conductor have on a circuit. How can they be minimised?

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Can we use gauss' law to find the e field of a finite line of charge?

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Heat transferred when gas is compressed at constant temperature

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Spring toy launched at 78° to find maximum height

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Resultant Force on Charge in the middle of square

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Minimum Electrical Potential Difference required to stop Alpha particle

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What is the Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas at Given Conditions?

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How can the mass of an object be determined with given variables?

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Special Relativity: Which notation to use

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What is the tension in the rope?

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Electromotive force in constant flux

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Placing a 3rd charge so there is no net force

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Point of Equilibrium between two charges

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Constructive or destructive interference- Car radio

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Charge question A, B, C Explanation

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Does moment of inertia equal zero when an object is not spinning?

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Charges placed on a hexogon, working out the force and energy

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Question on series solutions of diff equations

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