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

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Conceptual SR question (2 cyclists)

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Two Questions about Potential Energy

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How was this ODE solution found? Doesn't seem to be the normal solution.

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Uniform solid sphere rolling on inclined plane

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Finding reflection angle for electrons diffracted by crystal

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Newton's Second Law vs. Energy Equations

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Solving for Constant acceleration

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Calculating power output of a car

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Distance Covered by Particle from A to +1 on Curve y=ax2

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Advice on my Tennis Ball Launcher

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Projectile Motion airplane engine question

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Passengers apparent weight on elevator when it's acceleration is negative

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Understanding S36°E: A Quick Explanation

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Error propagation for Wheatstone bridge resistance measurement

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Gravitational force between a baby and Mars

  • LoveKnowledge
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Finding ramp angle and final speed with friction for sliding ice block

  • DrManhattanVB
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Calculating Gravitational Force: Baby vs Mars

  • LoveKnowledge
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Find drag given reference area and speed

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Optics finding index of refraction

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Calculate the average force F acting on car

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How Do You Calculate the Effective Stiffness of an Iron Bar?

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Does a string have tension if the ship is slowing down?

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Projectile motion locust jump question

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Calculating the electric field due to a wire of finite length

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Uncertainty in area of a circle

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Solve AC Voltage Form: RLC Series Circuit Power

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Overcoming Friction Sliding Box.

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Solving Deceleration on an Inclined Road

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Force and Motionfinding tension?

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Finding the Distance Between Moving Animals with Constant Acceleration

  • derRoboter
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Novice Problem for Final Velocity

  • PhysicsAdvice
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Determine Kinetic Energy of Satellite

  • JJBladester
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Kinematics of rectilinear motion - multiple displacements

  • derRoboter
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Pulley system with spring and car EOM

  • tisquared
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Water stream narrowing below tank hole using Bernoulli's theorem

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Using ODE45 to Solve Matrix Differential Equations in MATLAB

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Complete Radioactive Decay Equations and Identify Types

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Physics symbols and notation in English

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Solving the drag force differential equation and terminal velocity

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How do I calculate the force of gravity on a 1-kg mass at Earth's surface?

  • LoveKnowledge
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Total energy of satellite in orbit

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Where is the Maximum Intensity of Radio Signal from Two Towers?

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How Many Revolutions Does a Turbine Make When Coasting to a Stop?

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Finding launch speed from 876 J of work on a 0.398 kg projectile

  • Chica1975
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Calculate Tension of Wire with 6kg Mass on 3.5m Rod

  • Chica1975
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Check for me this solution in General Physic

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Solve Energy Dissipation in Resistor: I = 0.09 A, R = 80.0 Ω

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NRamp Force Problem: Find F and Normal Force on 87kg Crate

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Average speed of caiman swimming in two segments

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Graph descriptions of velocity, acceleration, speed and time

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Finding displacement from velocity and acceleration graphs

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Work done by friction on a 7.76m laundry basket

  • Chica1975
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Program calculating bounces of a particle off circles.

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How Is Voltage Across a Resistor Equivalent to That Across a Capacitor?

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Solving Object's Velocity at Bottom of Frictionless Incline

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Two current carrying wires perpendicular to each other

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Finding the angle and distance to treasure with vectors

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Power required for helicopter to hover.

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Min. downward force to keep object from slipping

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Natural frequency of two masses connected by a spring

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Angles Transversed with Centripetal Acceleration

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Non-Uniform Circular Motion - Finding total acceleration

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Bar magnet and coil: finding number of turns to balance magnetic field

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Centripetal force on a curved bridge

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Checking algebra in electric field and inertia derivations

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Finding Earth's orbital radius given centripetal force from the moon

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Vector Addition: Calculate Magnitude of Sum

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Finding coefficient of friction from velocity alone

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Finding cable forces from resultant force on mast top using unit vectors

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Why does reflection in a prism give twice the prism angle?

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Density of a Bar of Soap/ buoyancy

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How to Convert CGSEm to SI Units?

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Prove 2 cars moving on same road will not have Collision

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What Is the Tangent of the Angle Between Vector A and the X-Axis?

  • joej24
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Speed needed to reach Alpha Centauri in 100 years

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Forces and Laws of Motion Problem

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Find Magnitude of Force F3 for Min Resultant FR

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What is the minimum radius of curvature of the curve?

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Uniform electric field moving a proton and electron

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Magnitude of Acceleration without time?

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Momentum and Pressure and Forces

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What is the Final Velocity After Deceleration?

  • ScienceGirl90
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Relative motion and displacement

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Finding the Launch Angle of an Artillery Gun

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Object moving in equilateral triangle - magnitude of acceleration

  • physos
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How Do You Calculate Instantaneous Acceleration in Physics Problems?

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Does conservation of momentum apply when gravity acts on an object?

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Which quantities are scalars and which are vectors

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Solving for x in logarithmic equation with 1.2E-21

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