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1D Motion - Position as a Funtion of Time

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Ratio density of liquid - pressure

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How Do You Calculate Final Pressure in Connected Gas Containers?

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Where Does Water Land When It Flows Out of a Hole in a Tank?

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Air rifle pellet penetration depth vs. speed experiment design

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A Frictionless Bar Sliding due to a Magnetic Field and Emf

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Length of bar needed to lift a crate(Torque, static equilibrium problem)

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How Do You Solve 2D Momentum Collision Problems?

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Why Is Volume Excluded in My Thermal Expansion Calculation?

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PERE'S LAW AND FARADAY'S LAW OF INDUCTION

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How Far Does the Block Compress the Spring?

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Finding magnitude of torque on a molecule

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Static EQ/Center of Mass problem

  • Ben is Dumb
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How far does the canoe move during this process?

  • Heat
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Moment of inertia of a hoop about a point

  • MasterNewbie
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How Long Does It Take for m1 to Reach the Floor in an Atwood Machine?

  • petereater
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AC motor: what capacitance corrects power factor to 1.0?

  • RagincajunLA
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Solving Tension in a Chain of 5 Links

  • seeingstars63
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Do Buoyant Forces Depend on the Material's Density?

  • wondermoose
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What is the meaning of the no heat accumulation ?

  • ozy99
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Charge of Capacitor in LC Circuit

  • musiliu
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What is the Time to Reach the Top of an Inclined Plane with a Free-Moving Box?

  • weesiang_loke
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A satellite fired off a planet's surface

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Kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy. How exactly?

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Find the static coefficient of friction

  • Havenater23
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Calculate Spring Constants: 0.400 and 0.225 Joules

  • Roger_Hurst
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How Does Gingerale's Pressure Change in Descending Pipes?

  • ashwinanand
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How Does Angular Speed Affect Scale Readings on a Ferris Wheel?

  • will21
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Finding distance traveled when decelerating at constant rate

  • calculusguru
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Particle thrown from earth's surface

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How can I calculate the force needed to hold a book on a forearm?

  • rice1am
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How Does Photon Wavelength Affect Electron Ejection from Nickel?

  • jackjones12
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What are the momentum troubles in this 2D collision problem?

  • Hafsaaa
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Magnitude of Electric field at point P

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How Fast Do Sound Waves Travel in Ocean Water?

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Forces acting on a Bowler's Arm

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How Does Light's Speed Remain Constant in Moving Reference Frames?

  • gmsss
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Friction and acceleration problem

  • Havenater23
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Physics problem kindly explain how to arrive the answer.

  • herbgriffin
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How Do Cats, Rabbits, Horses, and Birds Move?

  • xanimalsx
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Setting up integral for a one-dimensional planet

  • musicmar
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Acceleration of Beam with Inertia

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Gravitational Constant and Movement due to Attraction

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Calculating Moment of Inertia for a Thin-Walled Spherical Object

  • Karol
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Rotational Motion Homework: Hoop Rolling on 15 Deg Incline

  • pb23me
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Net force due to gravity (sort of conceptual questions)

  • LogicX
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Gravitation with Conservation of Energy and Momentum

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Electrostatics - sphere electric field

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Finding force without acceleration

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Calculating Comet Halley's Speed Across Neptune's Orbit

  • musicmar
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Can there be two normal forces acting on one body?

  • flyingpig
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What is the Volume of Air Affected by Heat Released from Cooling Water?

  • Rblswimmer456
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What is the rotational kinetic energy?

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Does Drinking Water From a Boat Affect Water Level?

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Balancing a circle on a triangle?

  • anotherghost
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Finding Distance of Retina from Lens: Power from 40D to 44D

  • AlchemistK
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Energy difference between orbits?

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Damped Harmonic Motion Time Constant?

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Application of Electromagnetism question

  • kittyNoel
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Dot product, cross product, Newton's laws.

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How Do I Calculate Kinetic Friction Using Work and Force Data?

  • Cbeppe
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Calculating Orbital Velocity and Period Using Kepler's Laws

  • DEckrich7
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How to Find Coefficient of Kinetic Friction?

  • Physics Girl
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Uniform circular motion proportionality question

  • Sean1218
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Different Capacitors in a Circuit

  • member 217843
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How to Delete This Accidental Planetary Motion Problem Thread?

  • k-rod AP 2010
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How can image size and image distance be related in convex mirrors?

  • noname1
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Difference between kinetic and static friction?

  • Sean1218
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What is the formula for θ as a function of time in a projectile's path?

  • k-rod AP 2010
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Does Population Affect Gravity?

  • brewAP2010
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Finding Mass m2 for Equilibrium: Two Masses on a Meterstick

  • k-rod AP 2010
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Expansion of an aluminum support column under heart

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Time for car to accelerate, cruise, and decelerate over 5 km

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Moment of inertia and angular momentum of a two-star system

  • dreit
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Calculating all gravitational forces on the earth

  • MillerGenuine
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How Is Initial Velocity Calculated in a Spring Gun?

  • ph4u
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Block on incline connected to rotating flywheel by string

  • JournaL
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Uniform circular motion - plane in a circular arc

  • Sean1218
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Does kinetic energy equal potential energy at equilibrium in SHM?

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Number of Tubes in Capacitor - 65 characters

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How Does a Moving-Coil Galvanometer Measure High Voltages and Currents?

  • Mazaraika
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Calculate distance - accleration, time, distance

  • asprsai
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Understanding Acceleration From Different Frames of Reference

  • Sean1218
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Why is heating coil data logarithmic instead of linear in IV vs ΔT?

  • clarissalehne
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Simple loop and magnetic field

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Satellite speed and period at 400 km altitude

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Steel pulling through ice, find weight of object

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What Is the Probability of Drawing a Blue Then a Red Marble?

  • reyesjd24
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Just a question on terminal velocity

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Fan design to improve lift force

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Primo Levi's Calculation: Human Mass on Earth's Surface

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Pushing a block up a hill (kinematics/dynamics)

  • Sean1218
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Find Tension for Desired Harmonic Resonance

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