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Electric field inside a spherical cavity inside a dielectric

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Help with understanding this rigid-body equilibrium problem

  • Kolika28
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Why Is Understanding Capacitor Equations Crucial?

  • Zeymare
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Block bombarded by particles {colision}

  • LCSphysicist
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Lagrange equations of the first kind

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Laten heat of fusion calculation

  • trying_mybest
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Sign conventions for work done by/on a system

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Calculus problem regarding Thermodynamics HW (entropy for C2H5OH at 348K)

  • densephysicist
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Succesive collisions between a ball and a wall

  • LCSphysicist
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The figure represents a system composed of pulleys

  • leticia beira
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Find the angle required for a 3kg block to slide down an incline

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What is the relationship between velocity and time on this graph?

  • kalcorn
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When does an object have kinetic rotational energy?

  • Kolika28
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Mutual Inductance between a coil and a long straight wire

  • harsh22902
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Finding the efficiency of an ideal gas with adiabatic exponent 'γ'

  • PhysicsEnthusiast123
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Have I Done This Question Right?

  • Bolter
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Calculating the time to cross a river

  • gnits
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Projectile-car system and momentum

  • Kolika28
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Finding the final y-position of a projectile

  • Qube
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Trig type question -- Speed of sound in water and in air

  • classicswiss
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Fastener Theory - Determining the Ideal Torque for a Bolt

  • YoshiMoshi
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Coefficient of friction/conservation of energy problem

  • poodle123
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Constructive, destructive interference help please

  • SHAWN JAMES
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Interference pattern for two glass plates closely separated and tilted

  • SHAWN JAMES
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Understanding rigid-body equilibrium problem

  • Kolika28
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Motion under a force perpendicular to the velocity

  • LCSphysicist
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How do I proceed with two different trig functions containing x on the left?

  • DerbisEternal
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How to determine the effect of counterforce on the angle of force

  • avgr
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Finding the distance between slits in double slit experiment

  • Bolter
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Help with understanding this momentum problem

  • Kolika28
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Intrinsic Concentrations are different in some books. Why?

  • birkan93
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What happens to the c2sin(t) part of the worked solution?

  • StillAnotherDave
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Solve Heat Pump COP Equation with Q & T

  • conv
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Van der Waals Gas: Properties & Uses

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Prisoner sliding down a rope with minimum velocity

  • LCSphysicist
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How can I calculate work done when raising a mass using W = 32r^2?

  • ElectronicTeaCup
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Rayleigh Scattering Conceptual Question about the Color of the Sky

  • PhDeezNutz
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Interaction of an astronaut with the CMB flux

  • astroYEEET
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Electric field at (0,0) for this charged square conductor

  • requied
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Solve the circuit and find all the currents in the circuit

  • hmzi123
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Electric potential:Potential difference of test charge

  • yuminie
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Static equilibrium: mass on beam

  • jkfjbw
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Pushing a book against a wall and keeping it up

  • Stewie117
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Period and Velocity of Oscillating Sphere Attached to Spring

  • Nexus99
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Mental Health During Quarantine: Tips for Coping with Stress

  • clh99
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To find the time to nearest appoach of a dinghy and a buoy

  • gnits
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Correlation coefficient of a jumping particle

  • Addez123
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Polarization of Scattered Radiation, motivating definition?

  • PhDeezNutz
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I don't know how to get the x-y direction of position P

  • requied
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Train deceleration and minimum stopping distances

  • lol2
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The Time and Force Required to Empty a Syringe: What Does Science Tell Us?

  • ostrik23
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Easy problem about a pulley accelerating

  • LCSphysicist
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Magnetic field in a rotating uniformly-charged infinite cylinder

  • sagigever
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Differential Pulley: Force to Balance Weight W

  • LCSphysicist
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Car accelerating with friction and air resistance

  • Baran
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Rolling with slipping and combined momentums

  • looooop
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Does a square shaped line may have a circle shaped Gauss' surface

  • requied
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Circuits and the percent change of current when the switch is closed

  • ChrisWM
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Confusion on the magnitude of magnetic fields

  • Gourab_chill
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Percent Change Of current when the switch is closed

  • ChrisWM
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Help solving the Rayleigh Problem in fluid dynamics please

  • UFeng
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Suggest a geometry for headphone's speaker system

  • mirreb9
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Magnetic field due to the current flowing in a bent wire

  • Elder1994
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Why when the axis is pivoted, there is no torque in its direction?

  • LCSphysicist
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Net forces on a boat (propulsion, water and air resistance)

  • lucas pentland
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Understanding Work Calculation in an Engine: External vs. Internal Forces

  • Nexus99
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Calculating the Variance for X^2: How to Find the Correct Solution

  • Addez123
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Equation of motion and normal modes of a coupled oscillator

  • VapeL
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Maximum possible speed of explosion fragments

  • songoku
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Eddy currents in Faraday's Law Experiment

  • KDPhysics
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Unravelling the Math Behind an Unusual Sequence

  • LCSphysicist
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EMF shielding using a conductor

  • KDPhysics
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Young's double slit equation problem

  • sincosine
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How Do You Calculate the Electric Potential of a Square Plate?

  • Hamal_Arietis
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Olympic Kinematics Problem: Reaching the Goal in Time

  • KrolKuabV
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Kinematics problem — Calculating displacements around a circle

  • SSG-E
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Complex Scattered polarization vector? (Conceptual)

  • PhDeezNutz
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Kinetics Problem: Head-On Collision Between Two Cars

  • Graador
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Calculating the expected value of a dice roll

  • Addez123
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The final velocity = initial velocity + acceleration x time

  • jamiebean
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Equilibrium value for carbonation level in beer

  • sci0x
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Thermodynamics Problem: Reversible and Irreversible Processes

  • Pendleton
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Masses, pulley, friction and rotation

  • LCSphysicist
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Cylinder rolling without slipping on a truck

  • LCSphysicist
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E&M: Field of a Wire with non-uniform current

  • KDPhysics
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Understanding the Third Law of Newton — How can the forces be equal?

  • chucho11028
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Parallel Plate Capacitor Filled with Many dielectrics

  • ajhorst99
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Angular Rotation and Acceleration

  • ocean1234
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Problem with gears — One geared wheel spins up another

  • LCSphysicist
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Finding distance traveled by bullet with velocity components

  • jamiebean
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Deceleration of rocks sliding up a hill

  • jamiebean
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A mass being pushed up an inclined plane

  • jamiebean
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Pulling masses up a tilted plane with kinetic friction

  • jamiebean
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What is meant by multiplication in physics?

  • SSG-E
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Kleppner 7.10 — Using a gyroscope to measure latitude

  • LCSphysicist
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