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A triangle's rotational kinetic energy

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Calculating Mass and Velocity in Elastic Collisions: Lab Cart A and B Example

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Work done by Friction on an Inclined Plane

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Plagued by Snell's law and geometry

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Finding the forces between two masses

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4.8 kg ball dropped 10.5 m onto pivoted rod launches 5.1 kg ball

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Including kinetic friction into Work of spring

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Effect of TIME on SPECIFIC HEAT?

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Understanding Energy Conservation in a Hanging Spring System

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Work out entropy change of the universe

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Calculating Speed and Time Between Two Vehicles Heading to Mars

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Temperature at board and insulation interface in thermal conduction

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Maximum Force on Inclined Plane to keep object stationary

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How Do You Calculate the Magnitude of the Second Force?

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How Do Electron Wavelengths Influence Diffraction Patterns?

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Perfectly Inelastic momentum question

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Charged Spheres Placed in an Electric Field, Suspended by Strings

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Train acceleration from passing cars problem

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Max Voltage Induced in Rotating Coil

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Ratio of kinetic to potential energy on a frictionless slope

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Is the tension of the string in a yoyo the same when descending and ascending?

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How Far Was the Spring Compressed in the Physics Problem?

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Why does thin hair create a horizontal diffraction pattern?

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Why does integrating v^-2 give -1/v + 1/vi instead of -1/v + C?

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Geometrical optics, lens and image

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Finding kinetic friction coefficient for 25 kg box on 26° ramp

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Find acceleration of 2 Masses Joined By a Rope

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Finding where to start with partial derivatives

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Rocket physics equation problem

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How Long Does an Apple Stay in the Air When Thrown Upwards?

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Finding mass ratio for two primates swinging on vines

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How Does the Angle of Pulling Affect Kinetic Friction on a Box?

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Finding bullet speed after passing through a tin can

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Force and Pulley Problem (Pic Included)

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Softball thrown to 15.2m height: finding PE and KE

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Falling Object And Sound Takes 3.2sec

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Does frequency affect photoelectric current with no initial current?

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Calculating Electric Field Strength in a Charged Parallel-Plate Capacitor

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Force between condensator plates

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CM of triangle with integration

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Do couples always produce rotation?

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Elastic Restoring Force- Spring Constant

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When is torque T = r(f cos θ) instead of T = r(f sin θ)?

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Electromagnetic Induction Related Circuit

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Calculate Time for Projectile w/ 12° Incline

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How Do You Calculate Object Height in Lens Imaging?

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Rockets - and the law of conservation of momentum - 2 mark written answer

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Kinetic Energy Lost in Rotational Collision

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Maximum amplitude for ultrasonic transducer at 1.0 MHz without rupture

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Projectile motion absolutely puzzled

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Friction on an ant on a spinning wheel in inertial vs non-inertial frames

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Chip breaking off rotating disc: why angular speed unchanged?

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Finding the x and y intercept of the line of action

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Two Physics problems related to gravitational energy

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Normal Force of Car Hitting A Bump

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Is the Upward Force on a Bouncing Ball the Same as the Average Normal Force?

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Kinetic Energy from Velocity Vector

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Pressure Difference to Make Blood Flow Thru Artery

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Particle Simple harmonic motion particle problem

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Find constant speed using mass and power

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Internal-Combustion Engine Prototypes Ranking Task?

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What is the Spring Amplitude Problem?

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How Does Changing String Tension Affect Beat Frequency?

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Simple torque equation question

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Bullet embedded in block: speed, height, and energy loss

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How many windings needed to generate Peak emf

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Changes in Density of Water Vapor Under Constant Volume and Temperature

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Conservation of Momentum in Perfectly Elastic Collisions

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RRC Circuit - Capacitor Charge?

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Angular position of Mars relative to Earth after one year

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Torque required to move a bicycle

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Conservation of Momentum of a point particle

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Angular velocity of steel block pushed by angled thrust on rotating table

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Calculate in rad or deg mode for sin(wt)

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Acceleration and distance using derivatives.

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Relativistic momentum is 1% greater than classical, at what speed?

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Voltage, capacity and the strength of electric field of a capacitor

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Magnetic Field inside and outside wire

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Simultaneity and time dilation with moving observer

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Energy loss in a pulley, but cleverer

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Finding Compression Distance of Spring

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How Does Air Resistance Affect Engine Force in Accelerating Airplanes?

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What Are the Two Common Forms of the Mathematical Equation for Slope?

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X-ray Diffraction, Intensity vs. Wavelength Graph

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Does Gravity Have Torque at the Pivot Point?

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Phase Angle for Simple Harmonic Motion

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Position of an oscillating piston

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2 derivations using the Conservation of Linear Momentum

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What is the Angular Velocity of Two Combined Disks?

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Rotation of Disc: Calculating Angular Velocity

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What Is the Velocity of the Center of Mass of the Disk?

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Thermodynamics: Final temp of Ice + steam?

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Angular speed of a disk, given a force

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What is the Ideal Gas Law in Space?

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