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Spring/Mass/Oscillation problem

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Work in moving a satellite's orbit

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Estimating Flattening of the Earth

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Energy Needed Per Second to Sustain a Velocity through a Liquid

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Equilibrium of Two People Holding Uniform Beam

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Percentage change in intensity for a +2.00 dB increase

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What is the magnitude of upthrust force on a metal ball immersed in water?

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Fill factor of a photovoltaic cell

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Finding Tension in a Simple Crane System

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Finding bullet speed from collision with hanging wooden block

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What is the final velocity of the car in an elastic collision?

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A problem involing an LC circuit

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How Long Does It Take a Package to Travel Through a Planet in a Gravity Tunnel?

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Pulley problem with moment of inertia

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Rotational Frequency [figure skater]

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Solving a Collision Problem: 10,000 kg Locomotive & 620 kg Automobile

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Show that the wheel weight is 180N given force to move it over kerb

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Pendulum problem only the rope breaks

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How Does Entropy Change in an Isothermal Process for an Ideal Gas?

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Does Increasing Hole Density in an NPN Transistor Base Decrease Beta?

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How do you find final velocity with initial velocity and energy gained?

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Comparing brightness of 100W and 50W bulbs in parallel and series

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Calculate Coefficient of Friction for Frozen Turkey on Snow

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5 Slit Experimen: Probability Distribution Function

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How Do Two People Balance a Uniform Beam at Different Distances?

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What is the Change in Internal Energy for a Cyclic Process on a PV Diagram?

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Rotational Motion on an Inclined Plane

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What is the Moment of Inertia for a Solid Door?

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Angular momentum of disk and clay before impact

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Adiabatic/Isentropic Compression and Pressure

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Solve Cable Torque Problem: Find Hcomponent Force on 23.8 kg Beam

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Scale reading for 60 kg man in upward accelerating elevator

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Why is the 1/2 important in the equation Ek = 1/2mv^2?

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Free-Fall Acceleration and the Gravitational Force

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Calculating average fuel consumption for truck, train and airplane routes

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Help with quantum mechanics homework problem

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Archimedes' Principle-Gold Crown problem

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Conceptual Photoelectric Effect Question

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Quantum Question (dirac notation)

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Calculating the Mass of a Binary Star System

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Is There Average Power Transfer on Standing Waves?

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Calculating Speed to Reach 1.11 fm from Oxygen Nucleus

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Find Mass of Passenger Train in Wagon Collision

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Calculate Energy of Neutron Wavelength 0.1nm

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Uniform electric field. Find the potential difference

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Conservation of energy of a bike uphill

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Where to Place a Negative Charge for Zero Electric Field at the Origin?

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Stepped Pulley: Angular and Linear Acceleration

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What is the tension force in each block on an incline?

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Seemingly simple projectile motion problem.

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How Is Volume Affected by Pressure in an Ideal Gas?

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Calculating Normal Force Exerted by Floor on Feet/Hands

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Final temperature of diatomic gas compressed adiabatically to 40% volume

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Analyzing Falling Rod Motion: Angular Velocity and Tip Speed

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Magnitude of the greater of 2 resistors?

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Finding a good explination of the physics of rollercoasters

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Escaping the solar system from Earth's orbit

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How to start a fluorescent lamp with a defective starter

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Sound Intensity Problem of 3 Machines

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Constant-volume gas thermometer

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Sum of the friction and normal forces mechanics problem

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Understanding Degenerate Eigenvalues and Vectors in Math Operations

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Skiing Up a Hill: Work Done by Friction

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How Is Central Acceleration Calculated for Uniform Circular Motion?

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What Would Happen If Earth's Attraction Suddenly Stopped?

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Will the frame be inertial if no forces act on it?

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Bead on frictionless wire: height for 4.5 m/s and fastest angle

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Van De Graff Generator: Explanations to why object repel generator

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Center of mass problem with rotation

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How Does Temperature Affect the Expansion of a Rectangular Plate?

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Ice/water thermodyamics confusion

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Unit Conversion: Solving for Speed of Water Flow

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Basic Kinematics: Analyzing Distance v Time and Distance v t^2 Graphs

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Finding the Time to Cross a River: Solving Vector Problems in Motion

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Kepler's Laws and the Motion of Planets

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Solving for the Amount of Heat in Calories

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Newton's Second Law: (Major Flaw in Lab)

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Identifying components in a black box with 12 unknown terminals

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Way to find acceleration if I know the kinetic energy

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Rotation of a Rigid Object about a fixed axis

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Finding the Specific Heat Capacity

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How long does it take to move a box of books across the floor?

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Maximum force on 11kg block before 5.13kg block slips

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Special relativity, time dilation and rockets

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Projectile Motion - rocket launched, engine, fail

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How Do You Calculate Net Force on a Block on a Ramp?

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Ball rotating on spring with changing velocity and radius

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2 balls and the height of a building

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Generating Power from a Small Hydro Plant on a 10m High Waterfall

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Hockey Puck With only one speed

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Find speed with friction force and no mass?

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