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Constant acceleration equations (SUVAT)

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Newton's Laws and finding magnitude

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Calculate Change in Height Using Angle and Distance Traveled

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Angular Momentum Vector: A,C,E,G

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How Do You Calculate Energy Needed to Break Safety Glass?

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Can Braking Distance and Reaction Time Prevent a Car Accident?

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Force of water drops (momentum)

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How to Solve for Force Needed to Move a Box on a Ramp with Kinetic Friction

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Sphere resting on a vertical wall

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A battery drives an electric motor which raises a 20 kg mass at a steady speed.

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Frequency of ultrasounds to obtain oil drops in water?

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Calculating Coefficient of Friction for a Pulley System

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Velocity time graph with distance and average speed

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Circular motion with unknowns and picture

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Calculating the Period of an Earth Satellite

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Solve Ladder Problem: 4 Equations, 5 Unknowns

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Three types of non-circular orbits

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Magnitude of Friction Force - Circular Motion

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Centripetal Acceleration metres per second squared

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How to Calculate the Velocity of the Faster Block After Explosion?

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Energy: Block sliding down frictionless ramp

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Solving Vector Problem: Magnitude of R & r, Angle with x-axis

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Average acceleration of a 50 g super ball bouncing off a wall

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What is the maximum value of the contact force during the collision?

  • huybinhs
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Solve Kinematic Problem: Man Shot from Cannon onto Net

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Why does the velocity fluctuate before gradually slowing down?

  • deaninator
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Kinematics - When do they meet?

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Forcing a Particle to Rest: Analyzing Position-Dependent Force

  • JennV
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Using onlyHow do you calculate the launch speed of an object

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Solve Force and Impulse Homework: Speed of Tennis Ball After Collision

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Car is traveling at a speed, what speed will a truck have the same momentum?

  • IDKPhysics101
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Solve Electric Field for (x,y) Position

  • Tina20
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Forces, Vectors, Angles, Magnitude, CONFUSED

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Find the acceleration of the disk and the force of friction

  • renee1234
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Easy Free Body Diagram Question

  • mohabitar
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Avg force on car during crash test?

  • IDKPhysics101
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How many seconds does it take for a car to deliver 4299.1N?

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Finding initial velocity given angle, friction, and distance

  • jhawks8
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How do you find the magnitude of vectors?

  • deaninator
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Acceleration when time is not given

  • PhysicsAdvice
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Conservation of Angular Momentum of uniform disk

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Ball dropped from heigh and bounces to height, change in momentum?

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Solve Your Spiderman Problem with Expert Tips | Easy Help Available

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What is the impulse and force exerted on a soccer ball when kicked?

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Minimum speed at the circular track

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How Does Gravity Affect Friction in the Sticky-Shoe Lab?

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Elastic Collision of two objects

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Finding static force and kinetic force

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Question about the force from a photon on a mirror

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Velocity of the car as a function of time

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Altitude of rocket with 2E5 N thrust

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How far can one move from a sound source

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How does subtracting a row from another affect the determinant?

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Forces, friction and car turn radius

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Kinematics - which equation to use in kinematics problems?

  • kathyt.25
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How does the movement of a block affect the penetration depth of a bullet?

  • MCPO John-117
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Calculating Minimum Coefficient of Friction for Safe Rotor-Ride at Carnival

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Calculating Mass of Light Fixture from Cable Tensions

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Torque - Where is the normal force in this FBD?

  • Whotto
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How to calculate required force to exert

  • Moenieb.David
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How to Find the Total Distance Traveled from 0 to 10 Seconds?

  • jack911
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Engineering Homework Help: Forces & Coordinate Direction Angles

  • physico
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Radius to angular velocity relationship (constant angular accel)

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Moment of inertia of a right triangle about one of its sides

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Mousetrap Racer - Applied Forces

  • TheScienceKid
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RC Circuits and Natural Inverse Exponent function

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Mechanics - particle in a potential

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Speed of a Bullet: Deriving Formula with D, T & Theta

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Human Cannonball Design Problem

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How to Calculate the Distance Traveled by a Bouncing Ball

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What is the resultant of these vectors?

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Projectile motion at an angle problem

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Position of a point on a turning wheel..

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Pressure In a Horizontal Pipe -

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Incline Plane Problem given mass, friction, 2 velocities

  • TehDarkArchon
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Calculating X componet of Velocity in collision

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Solving for x: A Narrow Bridge Challenge

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Gravitational Force Problem Solution

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Compare the tension in the rope

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Simultaneous Equations From Kirchhoff's Rules

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How Far Does a Spring Stretch with a 5 kg Weight?

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How to Find the Force of Friction on an Inclined Plane?

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Conservation of Energy/Gravity Problem

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Optimizing Projectile Range on Uniformly Sloped Surfaces

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Whether the boy can catch the ship? relative velocity

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What were the original speeds of the cars?

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Proton accelerated through 1000 volt capacitor

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Solving a Rock Falling in a Well Problem

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Muzzle Speed of Gun with 24.5 km Range

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Tricky Friction and Momentum Questions. Help Appreciated

  • jambition
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UP1 Coursework, force problems.

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No Attempt at a SolutionLost & Confused: Help Needed

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Calculating Ball Diameter in a Beaker: Accounting for Tension and Buoyancy

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Questions regarding rotational motion

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Another Rotational Motion Question

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