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True or false questions on vectors and vector components

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Man and Woman on Boat - Velocity of Boat after Dive

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Electric potential at point x on the axis of a ring of charge density eta

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Help! Calculating Capacitance from Voltage & Charge

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Charge and Potential Difference on 2 Capacitors

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Determine the max height of the shell

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Solving Kinetic Theory Homework: Work Done By External Agent

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Why Was FNetx Changed to ma in the Physics Problem?

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The skaters are pushing each other, find the ratio of their speed?

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Does the Mass Affect the Damping Coefficient in Spring Oscillations?

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Harmonic Probability Homework Solution

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Why Does the Current Halve at This Frequency in an AC Series Circuit?

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Magnetic field of solenoid with wire resistance

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Vector Analysis of Throwing a Ball from a Moving Car to a Stationary Target

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What is the electric potential energy?

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Sinusoidal Waves homework help

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Conservation of Energy in a Block-Spring System

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Juggling/Projectile Motion problem

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Is Work Only Done When Energy Forms Change?

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Problem with object moving up an incline.

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Momentum: Person drops out of a Hanglider

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Locating center of mass for hollowed out sphere

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Frictionless blocks and a pulley with force F

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Finding the angle in a Uniform Circular Motion problem?

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Solving for Speed After Man Shoves Stone: A Misstep?

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Momentum: When a bowling ball hits a golf ball

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Impulse-momentum problem (tractor trailer)

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Under what conditions is a pendulum a Simple Harmonic Oscillator, why?

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Calculating Rolling Friction Coefficient u_r

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What is the Correct Force Needed to Slow a Drag Racer with a Chute?

  • physics114
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Signals sent during relativistic space travel

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Angular Momentum and Torque Problem

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Tension of string when an impulse is applied

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Determine the average force of the wind on the building

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Calculating Meteoroid Speeds on a Collision Course with Earth

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What Determines the Velocity of a Falling Chain?

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Normal Force - Car over a Circular Arc

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How to Calculate the Center of Mass of a Semicircular Disk from an Arc?

  • jessicaw
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Acceleration Homework: Solving a Simple Question with Equations

  • Kingsley
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Find Function R(z) for Coin Rolling in Funnel

  • jaykay99
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Suitcase and Upward Acceleration

  • physics114
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What are the Impulse and Forces Involved in a Fire Hose Collision?

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Heat Flow in Three Identical Rods of Metal

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Shopping Carts, Finding Horizontal Force

  • physics114
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Ship at Sea, Apparent Weight Problem

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Maximum Kinetic Energy in Comton Scattering

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Work, Kinetic energy, and power question

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Contact Forces HW Problem with Three Boxes

  • physics114
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Can you help with questions 4 and 7 on the attached template?

  • Elizabeth12
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Finding kinetic friction coefficient from block acceleration on incline

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Practical limit on Resolution (Diffraction Grating)

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Finding total weight of a car/ center mass

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Circular Motion on a Ferris Wheel

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Kinematics in Two-Dimensions - Explanation?

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How Does Distance from Earth's Center Affect Gravity?

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Astronaut traveling at constant speed, throws a wrench

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Forces and Hills: Calculating Force of 1967 Corvette on a 17.5° incline

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Newton's 2nd Law Question (2-Dimensions)

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Find the average power of the crashed test car.

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I have a few questions about partial derivatives and potential functions.

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How Much Force to Keep a 1390 kg Car from Sliding Back on a 17.5° Hill?

  • tatiana
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Frequency, inductance, and capacitance

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Solving Homework: Man Pushes 11.2 kg Box

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How Much Elastic Energy Is Stored in the Achilles Tendon?

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Friction help. AP Physics C student

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How Does Constant Acceleration Affect a Car's Motion When Braking?

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Determine average force applied by glove to baseball

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How Is Work Calculated When a Block Compresses a Vertical Spring?

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Trouble finding the magnitude of a net force required.

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Trying to create a simple pendulum angle output on excel

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Unraveling Everyday Mysteries: Water Whirling and Tomato Juice Rings

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Do a Coin and Feather Experience Equal Gravitational Forces in a Vacuum?

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Writing unit vectors in terms of sin/cos?

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Explaining Everyday Phenomenons: Water Whirling and Rings in Tomato Juice

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What is the Static Equilibrium of a Pulley System?

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Does Shoe Contact Area or Mass Affect Friction Coefficients?

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Bottle Rocket Lab Homework: Calculating Initial Velocity

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Finding AC voltage across Resistor

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Tension of 2 cables supporting one object

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What Conservation Laws Apply in a 1-D Collision Involving a Spring?

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What is the Angular Resolution Formula for the Hubble Space Telescope?

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IGCSE: Wire carrying a current in a magnetic field

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Does Temperature Affect the Accuracy of a Steel Metre Scale?

  • zorro
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What is the relationship between spring constant and stiffness?

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Ball bearing launched from point

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Rotational and Translational Motion

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Vector And Force Exerted Problems

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Circular Motion of space station

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What is the moment of inertia of the object

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The maximum height an object on a wire moves after a collision

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Does the pressure increase or decrease?

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How far does a block travel before encountering a spring?

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