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Energy and roller coaster question

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Maximum force when a 58 gram ball hits a wall at 35 m/s

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Tension and acceleration when a falling mass spins a sphere

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Calculating Tension and Acceleration in a Mass-Pulley System

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Determine the muzzle velocity of a spring-launched projectiile.

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Fluid pressure in a U-shaped tube

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Simple energy/kinematics problem

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Angular velocity acquired by a non-conducting ring

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How to Solve a Fluid Dynamics Problem with Bernoulli’s Equation?

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How Does Polishing Affect Heat Flow in a Gold Ring?

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Op-amp circuit with both terminals grounded

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Deriving final velocity formula for elastic collision

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Understanding Beat Frequency: Equations and Solutions

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Went back to the field of charge around a ring problem

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Center of mass of right triangle, without calculus

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Electrostatics: cube with 3 charged walls

  • Rimantas B.
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Average centripetal acceleration

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How does the math for lever forces work in this scenario?

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How Far Should Rondo Compress the Spring to Hit the Target?

  • bballcool34
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Calculate wavelength of electron

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Simple harmonic motion rise and fall of water

  • thereddevils
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How Do Newton's Laws Explain Motion with Two Carts and a Medicine Ball?

  • shayboy4
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Question concerning initial velocity

  • Casimi
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How Does St. Venant's Principle Apply to a Cut Annular Ring?

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Linear expansion? Or area expansion?

  • Patdon10
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Finding center of mass motion for a projectile system

  • Kitten207
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Solving for the Wave Equation y(x,t)

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Solving for interference orders in thin film with two wavelengths

  • Anuj68
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Gauge pressure and mercury question

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What is the relationship between Sound waves and temperatures?

  • Soldat99
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Neutralizing Forces Between Electric Charges

  • I Like Pi
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Metal Magnetic Flux 9: Calculate Induced Current & Resistance

  • dangish
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The natural frequency of a mass-spring system.

  • Blackplague
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Non ideal pulley with two masses

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Can You Calculate the Force of a Basketball Using Mass and Acceleration?

  • Peter G.
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Determining angular momentum of a point mass.

  • howsockgothap
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Calculating Spring Compression from Toy Car Collision

  • mksnider77
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Find Velocity of 4.3kg Mass Using Spring Constant 480 N/m

  • lizlyn
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What is the acceleration of a charge near a solenoid?

  • Tusike
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What Is the Minimum Velocity Needed for a Wheel to Climb a Step?

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Angular momentum problem starting from some point on the x-axis.

  • raymondmax1
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How Do You Calculate the Mass M and Support Reaction for a Balanced Beam?

  • Gwyddel
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Verifying Circular Orbit of a Spacecraft

  • moondawg
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Lunar orbit question (calculating the mass ratio of earth and moon)

  • jkena04
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What Is the Frequency of Oscillation for a Mass on a Spring?

  • sharkasm
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Speed of Sound (warm air or cold air)

  • anna sung
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Finding resultant force without knowing the angles

  • future_eng
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Changing factor of centripetal acceleration

  • dandy9
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Path Equation for 2D weakly-anisotropic harmonic oscillator

  • lightbearer88
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How does the change in diameter relate to the change in length?

  • demonslayer42
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Induced EMF and current in expanding square loop

  • zorro
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Capacitor Problem: Calculating C1/C2 Ratio | Homework Statement & Equations

  • thereddevils
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Conservation of linear momentum collision

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Standard deviation from measures with different uncertainty

  • player1_1_1
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Very easy torque question which I can't solve

  • amrmohammed
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Angular Acceleration Conceptual Question

  • _buddha
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Thermal Expansion of a drinking glass

  • mg1977
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What is the relationship between counting rate and rate of decay?

  • Dars
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Determining acceleration of an object in oscillatory motion

  • howsockgothap
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Spaceship Escape speed understanding

  • Patdon10
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Putting sound waves in phase problem

  • darryw
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Manipulation of Wave Packet and Plane Wave

  • Brilliant
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Two-block pulley system with friction using energy conservation

  • _buddha
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Ideal Gas Law, Pressure equilibrium

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Why does a magnet slow down falling through a copper tube?

  • tamtam402
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Buoyant force on 0.90 kg ice floating and submerged in water

  • mg1977
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When the pot is on the point of slipping

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Finding initial velocity of basketball

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Thermal expansion bt. steel rule and vycor glass brick

  • mg1977
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Help with orbital angle problem 9a and 9c

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When to resolve normal force vs weight in circular motion problems?

  • pb23me
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Estimating Nucleons in a 85 kg person.

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Signs and limits of integration for potential from a charged rod

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How Do You Calculate Energy and Velocity of a Mass on a Spring?

  • agilic
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What's the Induced Voltage in a Coil Removed from a Magnetic Field?

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Why Does a Tippe Top Lift Off the Ground When Spun Quickly?

  • al_9591
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Calculating Time for Truck-Trailer Combination to Pass Bridge

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Operation algebra: prove [A,f(A)]=0

  • itai
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Fundamental frequency of a pipe half-filled with water

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Calculate Tension at Midpoint of Rope w/ Mass

  • madah12
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Swing angle for man to match car's kinetic energy

  • jcfor3ver
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Pressure drop and mass flow rate for orifice meter

  • tweety1234
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What is the value of ω for a RLC AC circuit with given parameters?

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Help finding error in projectile motion calculation

  • Matt1234
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Solving the P-V Diagram Ratio of p2/p1

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Ball falling. In view for .16 seconds. From what height did it fall?

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Kirchhoff's Rules and potential difference

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Work Energy Theorem Question, Relatively Easy

  • jcfor3ver
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Calculate the moment of inertia of a uniform triangular lamina of mass

  • mattgad
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Calculating Kinetic Energy and Average Force in Projectile Throws

  • John H
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Torque on a loop within a solenoid?

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Physics Lab: Negative Energy Loss on Roller-Coaster Track

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Static Equilibrium and Moment of Inertia problems

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Calculating Amplitude of Mass on Spring on Frictionless Surface

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Torque and Statics Balance Problem

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Calculating distance of galaxy from Milkyway

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What is the basic relation between frequency and time period?

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