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How Far Does a Car Travel Accelerating Uniformly from Rest to 20 m/s West?

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How Much Force Is Needed to Move a 59 kg Crate?

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Friction pinning a block on another block

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Forces problem with a crate, what's doing the work?

  • alchemist31
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Calculating the Work Done by Normal Force on a Sliding Piano

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How to find displacement in a position v time graph?

  • deaninator
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Jack and Jill's Race: Solving a Physics Problem

  • deaninator
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Angular Deceleration of a Bicycle Wheel

  • bmoore509
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Arrow embeds in wooden block, how far does it slide

  • stonecoldgen
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Uncovering the Mystery of Work Done by Conservative Forces

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What is the coefficient of kinetic friction on a 30 degree ramp?

  • drummerjason
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Force exerted by one object on another?

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Acceleration of a Cart Pulled by Different Forces

  • runningirl
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Help gravitational potential energy?

  • ohheytai
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Why Does Calculating Runner A's Distance Give Different Results?

  • deaninator
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Kinematics: Emerging From a Tunnel

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Beat frequency when there are phase constants

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What is B (beta) for transistor?

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Can a Car Move Up a Hill with Only 30N of Frictional Force?

  • pb23me
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How Do You Calculate Kinetic Energy in AP Physics Problems?

  • Absolute Zero
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Help with magnitude of net force

  • Randy3463
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How Does Angle Affect the Acceleration of a Thrown Ball?

  • spyroarcher
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What is the equation for capacitance of a coaxial cable?

  • jumpboy
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Angled Force Problem: Solving for Object Position, Velocity, Speed

  • mwhowell
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How Much Faster Will a Rock Travel If Thrown at 30 m/s From an Asteroid?

  • ohheytai
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Solve Physics HW: Find Net Force at t=2.00s

  • scirfy
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Using Momentum & Energy Principles to Analyze a Satellite Orbit

  • ohheytai
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Solving Block on a Wedge: Find Distance Slid by Triangle

  • bmoore509
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Max speed of a mass on a spring given x=0

  • khairurraziq
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Does Heating a Balloon Affect its Surface Energy?

  • zorro
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Conservation Laws and Collisions with a Spring

  • nibbles198
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Rank Designs A-F: Largest to Smallest Tension

  • wanamaa
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RC Circuit, Need help forming equation.

  • EEhokie13
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Projectile Question involving angular velocity and acceleration

  • m84uily
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Solving Heat Capacity Problems with Specific Heat Equations

  • WMM
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Relative Extension of Collagen Fiber: %0.8

  • edorf
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Work and Changes in Kinetic Energy Experiment

  • KatlynEdwards
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Does Shaking and Settling Affect the Weight of a Milk Bottle?

  • Fruh2theline
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Free fall problem with an extra variable

  • mwhowell
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Static and kinetic friction involving velocity

  • enrijuan
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What Is the Initial Projection Angle of a Projectile at Maximum Height?

  • militant07
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Projectile Motion Question - Not enough info?

  • Sean1218
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What Is the X Coordinate of the Particle?

  • Meadman23
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Angle and speed of can after collision

  • gap0063
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Flat plate, circular hole center of mass

  • gap0063
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Calculating Forces in a Helicopter Lift: F=ma and Cable Tension

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How much do the bed springs stretch when a person jumps on them?

  • vinnyzwrx
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Ii cant seem to figure this out

  • 1waystrpark
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Calculating Total Energy of Object

  • Sixty3
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How to answer question on momentum?

  • Sixty3
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What is the work done by gravitation

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Can Kinematics and Energy Conservation Solve the Egg Drop Problem?

  • claudiairiond
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Comet Speed at 6x10^12 m from Sun

  • ohheytai
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Calculating Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle

  • roam
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Optimal Dragster Exhuast Pipe Angle: Energy of Systems and Force

  • winowmak3r
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Calculating Moment of Inertia for a Thin Spherical Shell

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Formulas for Molar Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure/Volume

  • mneox
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Projectile Motion test problem, involving unk. v0 and y displacement.

  • prohme
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Kinematics: Projectile with no initial velocity

  • huynhtn2
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How to find the acceleration of a block being pushed

  • friar
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Kinematics: Final velocity components

  • huynhtn2
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Finding Tension in a Vertical Circle: A 2.0-kg Ball on a Pivot

  • preluderacer
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Physics. Gr.11. Kinetic Friction.

  • Kazia
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Solving for V3: Finding the Velocity of Point Z3

  • PhysicsGenius
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What is the minimum stopping distance of a truck with locked brakes?

  • DrummingAtom
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How Fast to Launch an Object from Mercury for a Final Speed of 3000 m/s?

  • ohheytai
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Solve for Average Acceleration: Flying East with Helium

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Find the Origin of the Kicked Soccer Ball

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How to Calculate Tension in a Rope for a Drawbridge with a Rusty Hinge?

  • uchicago2012
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Calculating Average Acceleration for a Slow, Level Turn

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Calculate Torque of Force F Applied at r Around Origin

  • uchicago2012
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What Effects Will the New Sphere Have on Water Level L?

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How does plaque affect pressure in an artery?

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Work done on a system by an external force Problem

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Oh man, I don't understand anything about forces Dx

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Use work/energy throem to derive an expression for moment of inertia?

  • mattpd1
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Shoot a Rocket off a Cart and through the Hoop

  • Phoenixtears
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Finding length of driveway (work-kinetic energy theorem)

  • alyston
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Simple 2-D Uniform Motion Problem

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How Does Work Affect the Energy of a Helium Nucleus?

  • ohheytai
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Finding Initial Velocity with no time or other Velocities

  • Hypnos_16
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Elastic collision with two masses and spring

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Solve Forearm Equilibrium: Calculate Force Held by Biceps

  • Tina20
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Help needed with the effect of no time / time freeze on bullet movement

  • gengarjetty
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Bullet velocity using impulse-momentum

  • JJBladester
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Angular velocity of a merry go round after a child has jumped onto it

  • Tina20
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Centripetal force and acceleration problem

  • ScienceGirl90
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What is the final speed of the crate?

  • ohheytai
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What is the speed of the crate when it reaches the bottom?

  • physx_420
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How Do I Calculate the Maximum Height of a Projectile?

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