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Solving Pulley-Based Question: Tension & Mass Calculation | Step-by-Step Guide"

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Torque Equilibrium-illustration attached

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Relative acceleration and others

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How can I solve a 2D motion problem with angles and components?

  • moondawg
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Meri go round: Angular momentum

  • kalupahana
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Calculate Torque for Pin: L=100.9 cm, M=3.98 kg, m=537 g.

  • PoPrOcKsRoCk
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Circular motion of a small block

  • Priscilla
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Angular Momentum of Rotating Cylinder

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Is it possible to have a measurement with no uncertainty?

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Softball in vertical circle, find release velocity

  • AHinkle
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Finding friction on a 42 kg block at rest on a 31° incline

  • dlthompson81
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How can a body have a velocity east and acceleration west?

  • IntegrateMe
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My attempt seems right? (Kinematics)

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Car hits brick wall, find inital speed of car

  • AHinkle
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How Does the Third Piece's Velocity Compare After the Clay Ball Shatters?

  • perfectlovehe
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Help me analyze the situation of torque

  • tukms
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Find the resultant displacement from the cave entrance

  • hawk24
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Motion in two dimensions basketball dunk

  • ppxrare
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Mechanics + Momentum Homework: Solving Quadratic Equation

  • zorro
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Thermal expansion of a glass bottle

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What is the acceleration of the car?

  • tica86
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Calorimetry Problem: Solving for Final Equilibrium Temp.

  • a077456
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Circular Motion / Newton's Laws

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Find the net force (in Newtons)

  • tica86
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Gravity's Work on Mass Sliding Down Incline at 35 Degrees

  • ._|evo|_.
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Solving Fictitious Forces w/ Massless Pulley

  • yngstr
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3rd week of beginner physics, brain fried

  • picklepie159
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What is the perpendicular component of the rate of change?

  • ohheytai
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2 questions: Force of bullet and car

  • mikex213
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Solving for the Speed of a Toy Cannon's Projectile

  • jq.barista
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Tension in ropes used to build the pyramids

  • Priscilla
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Blackbody radiation - derive expression for T

  • accountkiller
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How Is Spring Stiffness Calculated in Physics Problems?

  • ohheytai
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Electric field in the overlap of two solid, uniformly charged spheres

  • KaiserBrandon
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Uranium238 vs U235, which are true?

  • Kibbel
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Easy avg velocity problem I can't figure out

  • weeeee123
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Velocity of a ball at the highest point using the radius

  • lanzjohn
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Magnetic Field & 2 wires with same current

  • sami23
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Simple centripetal acceleration question

  • StephenD420
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Length Contraction Relativity Question

  • goldilocks
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Newtonian Mechanics and Forces Problem

  • Axecutioner
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Calculating Tension in a Rope with an Electric Motor

  • paddygills
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Determine the mass of the star?

  • ohheytai
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Finding the Net Electric Force on a Charge

  • Tekmachine
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Three Blocks on Frictionless Incline(Please check work)

  • ryan1180
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Circuits and Direction of Magnetic Field

  • diabolical
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Heat transfer question from surroundings to a thin sheet of ice

  • hanjy85
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How to Convert Units for Finding the Mass of a Star?

  • leonne
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How Fast Must a Kid Go to Complete a Frictionless Loop-the-Loop?

  • mohabitar
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Measuring Coefficients of Friction

  • Dirkpitt
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Capillary Tube and Surface Tension

  • zorro
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Determining the Uncertainty of a Unit Vector using Error Propagation

  • thefelonwind
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Understanding Wave Reflection and Phase Shifts

  • Dalcier
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What is the maximum speed in a spring-mass system with low friction?

  • redalertkev
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How Does Surface Tension Affect Bubble Separation in a Narrow Tube?

  • zorro
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Relative dielectric constant - More than one dielectric in a capacitor

  • Gabry89
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Problem that (probably) involves Archimedes' principle

  • tsw99
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Quantum mechanically, I'm not sure what would be different..

  • bon
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Multiple step velocity/acceleration problem

  • hannah2329
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Finding Net Force on a 725 Gram Block with Given Acceleration and Angle

  • ScienceGirl90
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Calculating Force Generated by Person

  • timorito
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An electron in a trajectory motion between the center of two plates

  • Alfaraj
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Mass hanging from the roof of a moving truck. Newtons laws.

  • cmwilli
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Find launch speed given spring constant and compressed distance

  • Chica1975
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Minimizing Speed to Reach a Distance H: A Math Challenge

  • tomfrank
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Pulley with string attached to ground

  • khkwang
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Maximum Velocity Around a Curve

  • Redrover33
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Solving a Vertical Throw Problem: Calculating Time, Speed, & Distance

  • converse48
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The Wave Condition: Fixed Ends and Open Ends

  • jwxie
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How Do You Calculate Path Length and Displacement on a Circular Track?

  • Jetsgirl
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Energy in a Spring-Mass System - Help

  • tgoodspe
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How to find the displacement with such little info?

  • elpermic
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How Do You Calculate the Time Before Deceleration in a Cycling Problem?

  • ghostbuster25
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Speed involving speed of sound?

  • hannah2329
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Coefficient of Static Friction between truck and block

  • MetallicaFNum
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True of false? velocity and acceleration

  • hannah2329
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Help with drawing free-body diagrams?

  • NickR
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Sub woofers and tweeters wavelength

  • Istfan
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Need help with components of vectors

  • godawgs
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Acceleration due to gravity - Help with equation. Thanks

  • nukeman
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Kinematics, rock falling off cliff

  • 777lov3r
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Finding time for displacement in simple harmonic motion

  • FsLiu
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Do Different Weights Fall at the Same Speed When Dropped?

  • nukeman
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How Long Does It Take for the Zum Train to Stop?

  • gohanssj2a99
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Finding the magnitude of net force

  • ScienceGirl90
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Electron in magnetic field, quick fix

  • pleasehelpme6
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Why Is There Static Friction on a Coin on a Spinning Turntable?

  • InvisibleMan1
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Diameter of an atom from density

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