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Work function of silver given wavelength

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Determining the value of acceleration due to gravity

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At which locations would both planets gravitational force pull on you ?

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Question about thermodynamics (heat loss)

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Moment of Inertia of Rod w/ Masses M, m1, & m2

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Energy conservation problem (need closure)

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Lorentz Transformations and Reference Frames Problem

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Proving 0 = 6 with x^a=x^b=>a=b

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Calculating Where Electric Field Between Two Charges is equal to Zero

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How Do You Calculate Projectile Motion from a Cliff?

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Mercury Displacement in a Sealed Tube: Isothermal vs. Adiabatic Processes

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Calculate Nonconservative Work on 75kg Surfer: 0.951375 kJ

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Electron Drift in Copper Wire: 40m in 0.020mm/s = Days?

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Change in temperature of water as it flows through a pipe.

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HELP on a spacecraft mission to saturn for the injection velocity

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How Does Sound Travel Time Affect Calculating the Fall of a Watermelon?

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How to calculate the angle of water in a moving beaker

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Pulleys Dynamics: Solving a Homework Statement

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Pressure of air in cylinder under water

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Negative Time: A Puzzling Physics Problem

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Friction & Ice: Balancing Steps for Avoiding Slipping

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Rotational Dynamics: Min Initial Velocity of Inelastic Sphere on Cubical Plate

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Repulsive Force on Current Carrying Wire

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Solving for Minimum Velocity: Ball & Rock

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Speed of proton as fraction of c

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Static friction, uniform circular motion problem

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Two spheres falling through water..terminal velocity?

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Use of energy or force in spring question

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A question about signifigant digits

  • doctordiddy
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What is the constant in Bernouli's equation

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Quick potential energy questions

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Inelastic collision between two footballs players on ice

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Calculating Tray and Food Weight: Torque Question Help Requested

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Is this the Maximum Power Generated from a Small Hydro Plant?

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How Does Doubling Water Depth Affect Aquarium Wall Pressure?

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How to Calculate the Magnetic Field in a Toroid?

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Question(Physics 20) about Power(watts)

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Direction, velocity and impulse of a ball.

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What Is the Efficiency of a Refrigerator with a COP of 13.8?

  • Jennifer_ea
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Work and Energy - Prove the equation

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How Long Before the Smaller Block Separates from the Larger Block?

  • zorro
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Calculate the work done by the kinetic frictional force

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Simple Harmonic Motion pulsatance Question

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Catwalk attached to a wall by a hinged held up by a cord

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Where Does the Square Root of gd/2 Come From?

  • atypical
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Young's modulus when you join two different materials

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Experiment: determine the mass of a spring

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Super fast average acceleration confusion problem

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Determining Mass from Orbital Period and Radius

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A generator having power and creating work for a crane

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Does acceleration instantly change from zero to a greater number?

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Calculating Work Done on an Accelerating Box

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Thermal Expansion of Cube and Sphere

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How to Find the Resultant Wave Equation of Two Plane Waves?

  • thebigstar25
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What does polarity of voltage mean?

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What is the tension on a high wire supporting an acrobat at a 5 degree angle?

  • charmedb4by
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Friction Problem involving 3 blocks

  • zorro
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Flywheel with kinetic friction

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Finding Ratios to Solving Problems

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Angular Acceleration/Tension - Need help , please

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Chirping Bat and Distance to Moth - Sound Waves

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Centripetal force on a top down loop

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Calculating Balloon Filling Capacity Using Gas Laws

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Solving Accelerations of A Can on A Block

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Apparent weight of a submerged rock.

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Rolling motion of plank and cylinders

  • Kenny Lee
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What Is the Spring Constant for Kate's Bungee Jump?

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What is the Theoretical Range of a Rocket at 79 Degrees?

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Walking away from two loudspeakers-destructive interference

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Path of a projectile from a cannon

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Calculating Rock Throw Height on Distant Planet

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Where Can I Find Effective Resources for Learning DC Circuits?

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Tension in the string of a submerged object

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Magnetic field of square circut

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Potential Energy of a solid sphere and a thin disk

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Centrifugal Force- Finding Speed of Satellite

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Conservation of Energy and Momentum Lie

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a hanging spring

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Airplane Range in North Wind: Prove and Max Value

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Solve Rotational Dynamics Homework: Min Putty Velocity to Rotate Rod

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Find time in velocity/Gravity situation

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Entropy-Isobaric Expansion of a gas to thermal equilibrium

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Temperature dependence of Resistance

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How does the Flat Earth Society defy modern day physics?

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How is Heat Transfer Calculated in Ice Melting Problems?

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Need help with Thermodynamics Q=mcΔt

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How Far Apart Are the Masses on the Dumbbell-Shaped Flywheel?

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How Do You Calculate Kinetic Energy Changes in Rotational Motion?

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Need some expert help on doppler's effect

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Electric potential at the surface of a protien

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Integral of (Force * Velocity).

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Calculating Acceleration of 20 kg Pendulum at Lowest Point

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Calculating Distance Using Force, Mass, and Acceleration

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Rotational Equilibrium (Finding tension)

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