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Angle of deviation from a magnetic field

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When does water evaporate vs steam condense in a phase change problem?

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Why use negative mass for a circular gap when finding centroid

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(Conceptual Problem) Whether the ball can pass through the basket

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Conceptual Problem - Static Equilibrium

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What is a "Torsional Constant"?

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What is the algebra concept used to derive time dilation formula?

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Coupling Efficiency of LED to Fiber Optic Guide

  • BenPhysicist
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Mean Free Path of Air Molecules

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Torque on Left Foot of Man in Rotating System

  • KDPhysics
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Electric field in a spherical shell

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Energy conservation of metallic balls

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Equations for the velocity of progressive travelling waves

  • LCSphysicist
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System subject to a driving force

  • LCSphysicist
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Measuring Blocks Equilibrium Displacements

  • LCSphysicist
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Energy consumed for same work with different power?

  • shivaprasadvh
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Understanding Momentum Conservation in Simple Harmonic Motion

  • Prabs3257
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The location of the point with lowest kinetic energy

  • songoku
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How to simplify this capacitor circuit?

  • Frigus
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(Check solution) Conceptual problem about the equilibrium of a rigid body

  • daphnelee-mh
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Finding trajectory from parametric equations with trig functions

  • Kitanov
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Calculating cosmic velocities using different frames of reference

  • etotheipi
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Which direction should you aim to shoot a fish using a laser gun

  • songoku
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Beats and superposition > doubt about the math

  • LCSphysicist
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How to calculate R1 and R2 in this RC circuit

  • derrickj585
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Double pendulum equations of motion using Newton's laws

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Experiment involving surface tension for water and alcohol

  • sagigever
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(I.E. Irodov problem 1.72) Dynamics problem involving a pulley

  • Adesh
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Driven mass on a circular path with coupled spring forces

  • LCSphysicist
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Finding the Line of Motion of Two Particles

  • tanaygupta2000
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(Conceptual- Planar Kinetics) How to maintain the position

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Deriving elastic collision formulas by dividing equations

  • iwsc
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Oscillations with fluid and pendulum

  • LCSphysicist
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Compression of a superconducting spring

  • etotheipi
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Two masses, a rope and a spring

  • Nexus99
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Resonance in coupled oscillator system with driving force

  • LCSphysicist
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Lifting height of a box in a truck going over a speed bump

  • jamesdhurai
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To find the Acceleration of a Pentagonal metallic plate

  • Amitkumarr
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What is the Period of Oscillation for a Spring Cut to One-Third Its Length?

  • LCSphysicist
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Mechanics Circular Motion Question

  • girlwhoneedsmathhelp
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Minimum average value of position

  • tanaygupta2000
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Devise two damping mechanisms for these coupled pendulums

  • LCSphysicist
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Find an online stopwatch to record time to .01 or .001 sec

  • MaryM
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Charged Conducting Sheet v. Charged Non-Conducting Sheet

  • Taulant Sholla
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Finding acceleration of blocks A and B in pulley system

  • Adesh
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Adiabatic Process (Poisson’s equations)

  • Taulant Sholla
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Simple pendulum subject to a driven force

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Dropped object in a rotating frame

  • etotheipi
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How can I improve my Experiment plan?

  • RemotePhysics
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Having trouble starting a plane motion problem

  • AmazingDonuts
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Steel ball oscillating in a tube

  • LCSphysicist
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Electrons impinging on a crystal

  • tanaygupta2000
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Why did my analysis of critically damped motion lead to the wrong solution?

  • LCSphysicist
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How much ice is needed to cool 31055.04J of water from 42°C to 0°C?

  • cwill53
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Doppler effect - two airplanes flying towards each other

  • Ondyman
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Conservation of relativistic momentum

  • VVS2000
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What is zero error of a measuring instrument ?

  • SSG-E
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Minimum force required to rotate a lamina

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Young's modulus and compression

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Conservation of angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy

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Relationship between radial distance and charge density of a capacitor

  • Tony Hau
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Why Do mω²xa and 2kxa Both Act in Normal Modes Oscillations?

  • LCSphysicist
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Minimum distance between balls connected by rods

  • etotheipi
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Derivation of Lorentz Time Transformation

  • Eipi
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Ball rolling in a magnetic field

  • etotheipi
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Finding the rotation rate where objects fly off Earth's surface

  • RemotePhysics
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How to calc the period of this mass spring system?

  • LCSphysicist
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Resultant field at the center of two semicircular current arcs

  • tanaygupta2000
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Trouble with Static Equilibrium

  • rtareen
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Confusion on the distribution of charge

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Orbital speed variation as a planet orbits the Sun

  • tempack
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Choosing Limits of Integration for Velocity Calculation

  • fmiren
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Finding Velocity of Car Slowing Down: v_0-c*(t-t_1)^2/2

  • fmiren
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How Does Resolving Angular Velocity into Components Affect Its Magnitude?

  • aspodkfpo
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Disk held up by a massless string: normal force integration error

  • John100861
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To measure the diameter of a sphere using a screw gauge

  • Amitkumarr
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Why is my solution to finding the spring constant incorrect?

  • LCSphysicist
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Conservation of energy problem: Two masses, a pulley and an incline

  • Tassandro
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Cylinder inside a cylindrical track

  • Nexus99
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Maximum height a block reaches after separating from a curved moving ramp

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Modelling an interation between two protons

  • kaspis245
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Apparent weight of a body with upward acceleration

  • TH02
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Where Did the Young's Double Slit Experiment Calculation Go Wrong?

  • tanaygupta2000
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Graphical Analysis of damped oscillator

  • LCSphysicist
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Electrostatic force between a Half Cylinder and a Plate

  • Terry Bing
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Mechanics- Conservation of energy

  • AlonZ
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Banked turn with friction: finding speed and conditions for negligible friction

  • RemotePhysics
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Finding equivalent resistance in a multi-branch circuit

  • naftacher
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How does humidity affect air cooling?

  • StoningTree
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Calculating the energy created by a bike pump that feeds a turbine

  • rufusbufus
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To find the relative velocity of the wind as seen from a car

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Finding angular velocity vector from velocity components

  • girlwhoneedsmathhelp
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Is Gravity the only force doing work on a roller coaster cart?

  • gazeem
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Understanding Feynman's Discussion of the Parallel Axis Theorem

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Minimum Force of 86N to Move Two Blocks

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