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Finding Energy while knowing intial Y and desired x

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Finding Initial Velocity with barely anything

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EM: induction in a moving conductor

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Why is Momentum Not Conserved in a Ball of Clay Colliding with a Wall?

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Determine the tension in cable BC and the reactions at A.

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What Are the Formulas for Calculating Photon Momentum and Work Function?

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Is there no force acting on the box?

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Thermal Energy I don't see why my method is wrong.

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Where Is the Center of Mass in a Right Triangle?

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Bullet in a block hitting a spring

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Understanding Nodes and Frequencies in a Uniform String Under Tension

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Calculating Angular Velocity of a Shell Exiting a Barrel | Physics Homework

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2D Vector Kinematics Problem (projectile)

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What Went Wrong in My Elastic Collision Calculation?

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Moment of Inertia Lab for discs of mass

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Finding Moment of Inertia - Rigid Rod Plus Disc System

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How Does a Silvered Hemisphere Affect Image Position in Optics?

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Calculating Distance Traveled for Two Skaters

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Magnetic Field Between Two Wires

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Calculating Force P: Solving a Statics Problem with Friction and Pulley Neglect

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Relationship Between String Tension and Stretch

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Confusing forces, and friction problem

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Help with one 2-D kinematics problem? Answer is off by 2

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How Much Time is Saved in a Baseball Throw with an Infielder Relay?

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Finding Acceleration on 30° Downward Slope w/ 0.10 Coeff. of Friction

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Two Resistors in a Parallel Circuit

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Mechanical Energy Question Involving a Spring

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Calculating Velocity After Car-Truck Collision

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How Do You Calculate the Magnitude of Acceleration from Multiple Forces?

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What Is the Cannon's Velocity Relative to the Ground?

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Gayle diving on sled with brother jumping on midway down hill

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Solve Newtons 2nd Law for Friction Coefficient: 4kg School Bag, 20N Force

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Forces and torque on a cable/beam

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Max Height & Initial Speed Calculation | Bottle Rocket Lab Help

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MoI of a Solid Sphere Derivation

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Drop (inches) to achieve 10fps Velocity

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Rocket Mass & Velocity: Calculating Gas Ejection Rate

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Calculatin coefficient of friction for a scooter

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Uneven start/end points (2D Kinematics)

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Need help with problems involving springs

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Solving the Problem of Sliding up a Ramp

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Answer: Diffraction Maxima: Angular Locations of 1-4th Maxima

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a rolling ball

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Spring Compression on an incline

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How Do You Calculate the Number of Photons from Sunlight on Earth?

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Determining the spring constant from Force vs dL data

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Regarding Friction/Normal force at 90(d) angle

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Solve Physics Problem: Stopping a Car with Skid Marks

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Speed of propagation of sound wave?

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Massless pulley and acceleration

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Escape velocity from Earth's center using energy conservation

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How many kwh of electricity would have been consumed?

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Force between conducting spheres

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My teacher never went over this in class

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Finding Mean Angular Velocity of Rotating Body

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What Is the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction for a Snow Shovel on a Sidewalk?

  • homevolend
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AZING! Conservation of Energy and Velocity in Tarzan's Swing

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Finding Impluse through Momentum

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Solving Friction: Finding the Horizontal Force

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Projectile Motion (Vector Quantities)

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Physics in biology and medicine (spring/compression) PLEASE HELP, THANK YOU

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Calculating Force Required to Overcome Friction

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A question involving work, power, etc.

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Aplha Particle in a magnetic field

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Velocity and acceleration equations

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Quick question on orbital speed of satellite

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Physics < Force of Gravity > HELP?

  • McKeavey
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Damped Oscillation: Finding Time Constant

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How Do You Calculate the Power of a Crane Lifting a Mass?

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How to find the angle between the resultant and the X axis?

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Kinematics/Newtons Laws Physics

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Electric field in a platinum wire

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How Do You Calculate the Velocity of the Center of Mass?

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Max Velocity While Compressing a Spring?

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Amplitude and period of a spring

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Calculating Heat Over a Cycle: Q, dU, W

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Two Different Masses on an Uncentered Fulcrum (Torque)

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Equivalent resistance of circuit

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Drawing a Velocity/Position-Time graph from 2D kinematics.

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Equilibrium Force Question Homework

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Why Are Coefficients of Friction Dimensionless?

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Vectors in two dimensional motion: Need help with starting

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Quick Microwave Optics question - Malus' Law

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Pulley & Block Problem: Forces & Acceleration

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Parallel and perpendicular vectors

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Solving Biot Savart Law Homework: Infinitely Long Wire

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What Angle \(\phi\) Balances the Pulley in Static Equilibrium?

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Find Power Homework: Is it Possible?

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Answer Momentum Q: Y-Component of 0.1 kg Object

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Particle rotation in galaxy - runge kutta 2nd order help

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Help with time dilation and length contraction

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Vertical Displacement of an arrow?

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Model Airplane: Tension/Circular Motion/Lift

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Understanding Inertia, Friction & Motion

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Reading a scale as a function of time (need formula)

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Electric field of point charges

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How Much Force Did the Second Person Apply to the Soccer Ball?

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