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Help with force and friction on a flat surface

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Simple acceleration problems - requesting a check

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Average force exerted on pedalf tangent to their circular path of a bike

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Speed of orbiting planet given eccentricity of orbit

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LC Ocillations given only one piece of data

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What is the distance covered here?

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What is the Mass of the Milky Way and How is it Calculated?

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Capacitors inserted into a circuit with opposite polarities

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Physics Problem Center Of mass HELP

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Charge and voltage across circuit

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How to find the potential funtion for a force

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Calculating Angular Speed for a Gravitational Field of 1.95g

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Calculating Time for Simple Harmonic Motion: Rod with Freely Rotating Object

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Distance to Geosynchronous Orbit

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Two questions about centripetal acceleration,

  • sushmarao
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Maxwell-Boltzmann Equations: Deriving the Most Probable Velocity

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Estimate the terminal speed of a wooden sphere

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What is the weight of the weight in water?

  • Avathacis
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Equilateral Triangle Point Charge Forces

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Solving Mass from 2 Forces & Force of Impacting Bullet

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[Soundwaves] Energy and decibel

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How to Add Force Vectors on a Stalled Barge?

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Static Friction and Uniform Circular Motion

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How to Measure Magnitude of Displacement?

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How Do You Solve a Damped Oscillator Problem with Initial Conditions?

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Work done by friction pushing blocks

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Two Blocks on two inclines(Friction)

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Is the Total Force Between a Book and the Earth 10 N?

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Adding vectors algebraically for football runner

  • valon
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How Does Oscillator Frequency Affect the Energy Ratio K/E?

  • theuniverse
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Newton's Laws Questions + Friction. Very tricky and help appreciated

  • jambition
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Force of static friction in an FBD

  • noleguy33
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What Elevation Angle Clears the Wall and Hits the Target?

  • rsmseys
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Testing for Gravitational constant

  • Zaros
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Solving a Simple Mass-Spring Problem: Two Methods, Two Answers

  • mnova
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How Long Does It Take for a Car to Pass a Truck After Reaching the Speed Limit?

  • kaylamalanie
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How can I use the range equation to find the initial velocity of a projectile?

  • Havenater23
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Can Induction Prove Gamma Function Convergence for p≥0?

  • mekkomhada
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Can someone edit my g-force paper

  • SHRock
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Inclined Planes - Multiple Ones

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What Causes the Electric Field Outside Parallel Conductors?

  • mmmboh
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Help with question related to friction on an incline?

  • pokeefer
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How Do Buoyant Forces Affect Submerged Objects?

  • dragon162
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How Does Current Flow Through a Copper Wire?

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Vectors Q&A: Expert Help and Advice - Don't Miss Out!

  • SFOo
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Calculating Frictional Work on a Moving Car

  • preluderacer
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Checking to see if I'm right or not.

  • Pinkshell4u
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How to find Friction Force and Coefficient of Friction?

  • softball1394
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Hi again. Checking one more to see if I get it.

  • Pinkshell4u
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Solving Force vs Time Graph Homework Problem

  • jeya
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Potential difference in junction of two cells one 4.5V and one 3V

  • alexratman
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What Determines the Relative Velocity of Two Attracting Masses?

  • zorro
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Derivation of relativity equation

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How Does Solar Radiation Pressure Affect an Object in Space?

  • mithil03
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Calculating Final Velocity with Spring and Friction on Inclined Plane

  • bmoore509
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Why Does the Sign of Acceleration Affect My Physics Calculation?

  • new^2^physics
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Radial Velocity of the Sun around Galactic Centre

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X and Y coordinates (in m) to acceleration.

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Projectile Launched at an angle problem.

  • KingHenry
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Deriving Velocity from Distance-Time Graph: Validity and Applications

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Finding speed using energy equations

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Water vapor condensation and freezing

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Was Galileo, Kepler, or Newton more important?

  • donkeycopter
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Coefficient of friction of a block on a spring

  • CSwitzer
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Physics Professor Bicycles Through Air: Power Calculations

  • scytherz
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Finding the Force of air resistance

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How Far Does the Canoe Recoil When I Walk from One End to the Other?

  • uchicago2012
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Newton's 2nd Law: Doubling Force, Double Speed?

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Physics - Elastic Collision: Solving for Unknowns

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Projectile Motion: How Far Will a Seed Travel at a Given Angle and Velocity?

  • runningirl
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Converting Moles of Iron to kg: Net Charge Calculation

  • pat666
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Calculating Work Done by Brakes

  • Chica1975
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Motion problem? (Ball is thrown upward)

  • toyotadude
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Radioactive decay half-life of polonium

  • pat666
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Solving Vector Problems: Understanding Ground Speed vs. Airspeed

  • P-Illiterate
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2-Dimensional Projectile Motion question

  • chroncile
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Finding Maximum Distance from Sun

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Box sliding down an inclined plane

  • diegocas
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Molecular Weight Units for Mean Square Speed Calculation

  • kd001
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Static and Kinetic Friction Problem, getting wrong answer?

  • ADMINISTRAT0R
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Temperature of blackbody (star)

  • pat666
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Hydrophobic properties of boat hulls

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How Much Work Is Needed to Compress a Spring?

  • Chica1975
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Stopping distance given frictional force

  • Chica1975
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How to Model the Volume of Water in a Graduated Cylinder with a Hole?

  • RagincajunLA
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Can anyone help me out with this tension problem please?

  • kdspuhler
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Help with a Conservation of Energy Question

  • jessicak
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How Is Force Distributed Between Three Boxes on a Frictionless Surface?

  • dlthompson81
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How Do You Calculate Q3 in a Complex Capacitor Network?

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Solving Optic Lens Problem: Find Object Distance for Magnification of 75

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Spring Force as Centripetal Force?

  • lavenderbaby
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Calculating Repulsive Force Between Parallel Wires

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