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Understanding Vectors: Evaluating Component Relationships

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Momentum and Collision Question

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Why Neutrinos Rarely Interact With Matter

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Solving Astronaut Problem: Force & Acceleration

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Is Sliding Down a Falling Tree Safer Than Free Falling?

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Solving Projectile Motion: A Building 70.0 m High

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Rotational Motion of speed and a car

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Frictional forces, Maxiumum Velocity

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What is the x-component of force on the block due to rope 2?

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Velocity and acceleration on a track

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Velocity of airplane with crosswind.

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Special relativity clocks observed from two frames

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How Does Relative Motion Affect Light Travel Time in Special Relativity?

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Gravitational force, springs, and mass

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Two Ice Skaters Force On Each Other

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Velocity and acceleration on a running track

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Two stacked objects sliding down inclined plane.

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Question About Forces Using Unit Vectors

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How Does Physics Explain a Paratrooper's Survival After a 370-Meter Fall?

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Acceleration of mass on an incline plane

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Solving Unit Vectors Problem: Calculate Forces at B

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Crate pulled up incline, kinetic energy and speed; picture included

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Simple Gravity Problem: Finding an Object's Maximum Height

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Find current at high/low frequency

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Need clarification about x-t and v-t graph

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Finding Force on Rope: Trigonometry & Parameters

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Unit Vector Question. *updated*

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How Does Spring Compression Affect Block Motion on an Inclined Plane?

  • uchicago2012
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Angle between Fz and S, picture included

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Calculating Work Done by Spring Constant k

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What Are the Effects of Gravity on a 55.0 kg Ball?

  • tica86
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How Do You Calculate Tension in Two Strings Holding a Mass?

  • connie5828
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When speed of sound is not negligible

  • OpticalSuit
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The Forces present on a system drawn with FBD's

  • Mr LoganC
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How Do You Calculate Current I3 in This Complex Circuit?

  • Mikesgto
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Orbital period and speed of a space shuttle in flight

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Unlimited Space Travel: Solving the Relativity Problem

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Building a Cheap Faraday Cage in Bedroom

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Inital acceleration to free-fall

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How are Pendulums and Springs Related in Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Circular Motion - friction and tension problems

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Two football players run at each other

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Gravitational Force: Mass & Distance Impact

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Potential difference across a resistor as measured by a voltmeter.

  • kballerina
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Newtonian Dynamics: Mowing a Lawn

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Skydiver #1 #2 fall problem, Linear or Quadratic ?

  • NamaeKana
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Conservation of Energy block on a track

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What is the Acceleration Vector of a Passenger on a Ferris Wheel?

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Solve Atwood System Equilibrium: Find Tension in lbs

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Conservation of Energy find the speed of the blocks

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How Does Spring Force Affect an Object's Position?

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Projectile Motion: Solving for Explosion Co-ordinates

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Understanding Centripetal and Gravitational Forces in Orbital Motion

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Can a Baseball Hit at 26 Degrees Clear a 3.8m Fence 120m Away?

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Linear Motion at Constant Acceleration Problem

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Speed at which diver enters water

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Position vector in spherical coordinates.

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Question about Finding total vector graphically

  • mxh91
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Electric Field from two lines of charge on the y-axis.

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Electric Field: Find Distance z Above Line Segment

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Is Zero Torque on a Pivot Point Indicative of Zero Force?

  • Sinister
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Finding Distance Using Coulomb's Law

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What's the Work and Speed of a Particle at Different Positions?

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Find the Angle of Travel for a Blue Car and Purple Truck Collision

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Conservation of Kinetic Energy During Collision

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Pulley problem, find total mass where ther is no acceleration

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Calculating acceleration due to friction without mass?

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Displacement with constant velocity

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What is the force and acceleration in a conical pendulum?

  • brmochel
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Clarification about the acceleration problem

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Calculating Tension with Kinetic Friction in a Pulley

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Relative motion of a swimmer crossing a river

  • chengbin
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Circular Motion of a ball around the earth

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Elastic Collision Problem involving KE

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Calulate the energy stored in capacitor

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Really simple Resistor question NEED HELP

  • Larrytsai
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Solving for Planet Islander's Radius from a Projectile Launch

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Forces and reaction forces generated by a linear actuator

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Block on a Plane Ex from Morin-Statics

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How do i compute for the volume if the density of ore is not given?

  • raisatantuico
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Finding minimum value of force P given static friction

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Electrical current & Kirchhoff’s laws

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The Units of a Position Vector in a Hilly Landscape

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Conservation of Linear Momentum (man on a moving railcar)

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How Is the Centre of Mass Calculated in a Lab Experiment?

  • Sinister
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Conceptual SR question (2 cyclists)

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Two Questions about Potential Energy

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