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Center of Mass and Work Problem

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What are the speed and direction of each ball after the collision?

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Moment of inertia of speed governor

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Calculating Angular and Linear Speeds of a Rotating Disk

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What is the change in gravitational potential energy

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Moment of intertia for a system

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Calculate Speed of Clay Ball and 2kg Block After Collision

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Rotating wheel initial angular velocity given final and time

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How Does Mass Distribution Affect the Center of Mass in a Triangle?

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Conservation of momentum problem?

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Projectile fired from earth. Conservation of energy

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What is the Minimum Speed to Complete a Loop?

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Calculating Constant speed of an Elevator Rising

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Statics/ equilibrium - angle question

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Sound waves propagation problem

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How Do You Calculate Tension and Hinge Forces in Static Equilibrium?

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Formula for translational angular momentum

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How Is Work Calculated for Masses on a Stretched Spring?

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How Much Weight Can the Crane Safely Lift Without Tipping Over?

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Conservation of energy and rotational energy -

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Classic Angular momentum problem

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Newton's Laws, Kinematics, and Friction

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Find the absolute value of theta 650-theta 420

  • ahazen
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The normal force exerted on a small sphere

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Calculating Torque for a Robot Wheel: Mass, Acceleration, and Constant Velocity

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Calculating Maximum Compression in a Spring

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Heat Equation 2D: Conservation of Energy

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Does Diving into Water Involve Negative Work?

  • harp AP 2010
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Energy required to strip final electron

  • BobMcPhysics
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Determine the kinetic energy of the electron as it leaves the electron gun

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Easy Resultant Velocity Problem

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Calculating Changes in Water Speed with Kinetic Energy Equations

  • McKeavey
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Nichrome wire resistance problem

  • Jakefreese
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What is the Charge on a Capacitor in an RC Circuit?

  • musiliu
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Show that the sum of the torques at the given point is zero

  • VitaX
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Floating Arm Trebuchet Calculations and Predictions

  • Lordbob75
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Pendulum - maximum kinetic energy, maximum potential energy

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What Is the Maximum Extension of the Spring in Simple Harmonic Motion?

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How Can I Determine Where the Pulses Will Meet on a Stretched Wire?

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Getting the magnitude of linear acceleration from angular position equation

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Can a Third Sphere with Opposite Charge Achieve Zero Net Force?

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Gr. 12 - Conservation of Momentum in Two Dimensions

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Falling rod which is fixed at the pin

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Constant acceleration car problem

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How Does a Charged Bullet Respond to Earth's Magnetic Field?

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Will the Lamp Slide or Tip When Pushed?

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Confuse about mg cos@ = R or R cos@ = mg

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Period of oscillations of the disk

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Calculating velocity of 2 carts after spring between them released?

  • m84uily
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Question with slope, masses, pulley

  • mystmyst
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What are the Tensions and Accelerations in a Rotating Triangle Mass System?

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The jumping skier (momentum, Newton's laws, energy)

  • pinsky
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Conceptual torque problem with multiple sized pulleys

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How Much Force to Apply on m1 to Make m2 Jump Off the Table?

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What Is the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction in Brenda's Wallpaper Project?

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Impact force exerted on a rolling wheel drop from a height

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Conservation of energy and GPE problem

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Question with masses, friction, and other forces

  • mystmyst
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Designing a Ballistic Spring System for Measuring Bullet Speed

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What is the Center of Mass of the Earth + Satellite System?

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Universal Gravitation and a satellite

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String tension varying with distance

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Work Done in moving the plates of a Capacitor

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What is the oscillation frequency of a marble in a parabolic bowl?

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Angular speed at bottom of loop

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Elastic Collision: Find Height of m2 After Incline

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Forces on a Solid Disk: Determining F3

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What is the speed of the jet at point B based on the given information?

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Maximum Velocity for collision given acceleration

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Static friction coefficient on different slopes

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How Much Ethanol Can Be Added to a Pressurized Tank?

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So, you can't add them unless you convert one to the other.

  • miked42
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How do I calculate the maximum height of a pendulum swing?

  • kenny521
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Can someone me out with free body diagrams

  • mystmyst
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Momentum Q: Determine Speed, Friction of Metal Bar

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How to Calculate Acceleration on an Inclined Slide?

  • ecyka2000
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Resolving Power and minimum seperation

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Potential Difference between concentric shells

  • zorro
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How Does Static Friction Affect Energy Equations in Rolling Motion?

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How forces work (normal and friction)

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Faster than 'c' measurements that do not violate relativity theory

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Determining resistances in circuits

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Number of diffracted orders produced

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Finding Dissociation energy , path of the particle involved

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Can anyone help me answer these moment of inertia questions please?

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Solving Clay Collision: Final Speed & Swing Height

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What is the Multiplicity of a Macrostate in a Two-State Atomic System?

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Finding the Angle and Speed in a Game of Pool

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Conservation of Mechanical Energy

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Correct usage of Gauss's Theorem?

  • zorro
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Is My Approach to Solving Gauss' Law for a Cylindrical Shell Correct?

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Find the electric field at the point given

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Solve Airplane & Wind Homework: 640m/s at 57o E of S?

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Asteroid Hits Earth Conservation of angular momentum

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