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Spring-launched clown: finding acceleration and maximum speed

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

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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?

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Calculating Repulsive Force Between Parallel Wires

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Kinamatics problem oh physics elders

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Normal force on 80kg pilot in circular loop at 150m radius

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Newton's Third Law Problem - Tightrope

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Normal force as centripetal force

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Need to find velocity of an object I pushed off a table

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How to draw a qualitative a vs. t graph

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What is the Kinectic Energy of the baseball?

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Non-uniform circular motion question

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Magnetic repulsion between 2 wires?

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Impulse: Finding the average force

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Maximum Voltage without causing Dielectric Breakdown?

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What Is the Angle When the Bean Is at Vertical Equilibrium?

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Mechanics Problems max, instant. v, etc.

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What is the Maximum Weight of a Concrete Block Underwater?

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Finding distance with the conservation of energy equation

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SOS: Solving the Spring Constant of an Elastic Cord

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Stopping Distance with Vi and Coefficient of friction.

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Calculating Distance Traveled with Uniform Acceleration

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How Do You Solve These Diffraction Problems?

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Projectile motion: cannon at 40 m/s and 40 degrees

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How Can I Calculate the Velocity of Propagation for an RG58 Cable?

  • ~Sam~
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How Thick Is the Oil Film for Red and No Light Interference?

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Tension in ropes connecting two blocks on an incline

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Amplitude in plane x=y from two speakers placed on x and y axes.

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Thermodynamics - work in adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric

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Angular velocity/acceleration problem

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Coils rotating in a magnetic field find maximum emf and magnetic feild strength

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Parallel RC circuit: combining impedances vs phasor addition

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Curvature radius of alpha and beta particles

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Finding the Speed of Rain in Relative Motion

  • kalupahana
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Work done in an adiabatic process and isothermals

  • Amith2006
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What is the mangitude field inside the inner solenoid?

  • jersey
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Electric Potential questions and work done

  • jersey
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Energy stored in the electric field of a capacitor

  • jersey
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Calculating Initial Speed of a Rocket Launch

  • Potato21
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Astronaut's Apparent Weight in Different Gravitational Fields

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Finding Time in an Oscillation Problem

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Conservation of Rotational Momentum Merry-Go-Round Problem

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Finding Bearing and Distance using Calculator?

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Power lost in transmission lines

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Normal Force at the Bottom of a Track

  • sona1177
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What is the Breaking Stress of Steel Ropes for Lifting Heavy Loads?

  • karmatic
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Find tension of rope. Frictionless system.

  • JohnKSmith
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How Fast Can a 1967 Corvette Go Using Full Power in 6 Seconds?

  • scytherz
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How Do You Determine Temperatures at Specific Points in a PV Cycle?

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Why is less force needed to pull a block at an angle compared to pushing it?

  • DrummingAtom
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How Does Photon Energy Relate to Mass Loss in Particle Decay?

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Conversion from Polar to Cartesian equations

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Maximum speed for a car on top of a circular hill without losing contact

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Banking angle for a 500m curve at 90 km/hr

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Hydraulic Piston Supporting a 500lb weight

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Three particles break off after an explosion

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Ball tossed 12m high and falling on moving object at 20m/s

  • Secretdude
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How Do You Calculate the Momentum of a Proton in MeV/c?

  • J.live
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Object falling with 1/4 of height in the last second

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What Defines the Total Momentum in the Center of Mass Frame?

  • Thefox14
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How to find the dimensions of a particle moving in one dimension?

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Romeo tossing pebbles horizontally at Juliet's window 4.5m high

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Force of a roller coaster track on a car

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Find Current with Kirchhoff's Rules

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Solving Newton's 2nd Law: M1 and M2

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Hammer Throw Homework: Find Force Applied by Athlete

  • sona1177
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Lightly Damped Simple Harmonic Oscillator

  • DrDank
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Relation between centre of mass and center of gravity?

  • manoj mishra
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Estimating the spacing between gas molecules

  • tom_l
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I can not calculate the displacement

  • maro_toni
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Finding net force on a ball moving in a circle at t=0

  • ohheytai
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Application of Gauss' Laws: Large area parallel plate capacitor

  • knowlewj01
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Uncertainty principle free particle

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Finding velocities for two cyclists racing 6 km with time difference

  • quantum_enhan
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How far will a car travel in 15 min at 20 m/s?

  • maro_toni
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Perpendicular component of momemtum?

  • ohheytai
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Charge density - parallel plates

  • pat666
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Problem on Conservation of energy

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Question involving eigenvectors

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Full-wave rectification circuit question

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Solving for Pendulum Bob's d from Length L

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Baseball throw velocity using shoulder muscle mechanics

  • Searchme
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Find the magnitude and direction of the force

  • jersey
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How to Find Cx and Cy Given Perpendicular and Scalar Product Conditions?

  • snaamlsa
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Find the work in pumping the water out fo the tank

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Finding Displacement of Blocks Connected by a Rope on an Inclined Plane

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Simple projectile motion problem

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Solving for Ball Speed at Lowest & Highest Point of Arc

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Finding the angle for maximum range with a constant initial velocity

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How Fast Does an Arrow Travel When Shot Horizontally?

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Problem on Rotational mechanics / Conservation of angular momentum.

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Calculate the force of Earth's gravity on a spacecraft

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Maximum asteroid radius for 20 m/s circular orbit

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Elevator and spring scale question

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