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Thermodynamic heating air problem

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Simplify Function Homework: Stuck on Further Simplification

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Find the work done by nonconservative forces in stopping the plane.

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How Can Hot Water Turn Ice to Water?

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What Value of h/H Maximizes Time to Reach the Ground?

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Calculating Force Needed to Lift 79kg Mass at Const. Speed

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Unraveling the Mystery of Transistors

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Atomic Physics - Xrays and energy

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Distance between two objects dropped at different times

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Angular velocity of three gears attached (showed work)

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What Is the Acceleration of a Cart Connected to a Hanging Block on an Incline?

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Need help visualizing what an object is doing with force applied

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Simplifying Vector Addition: Confusion with 360 & 270 Degree Forces

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Calculating the trajectory of a projectile

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Solving Hard Physics Problems: Tips and Strategies for Acing Your Homework

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Question regarding relative velocities

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Lost on Projectile motion problem

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How Do You Calculate Instantaneous Velocity in Vector Animation?

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Problem of the week - gravitation

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Which Solution is Incorrect and Why?

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How Do You Calculate a Rocket's Initial Upward Acceleration?

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Finding the New Angle of Inclination: A Projectile Motion Problem

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Skydiving: Falling 1.2 km at 9.8 m/s^2

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A kid jumps a meter into the air. How long before he lands?

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Deviation of wavelengths through barium crown pism

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Nonuniform Circular Motion-Newtonian bucket problem

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Projectile Motion: Solve Time & Speed of Rock Leaving Bill's Foot

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Relativity problem in a text not homework though

  • mt8891
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Minimum distance in which the car will stop?

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Could there be a mistake in the textbook solutions?

  • nikstar
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Work and gravitational potential energy involving an optical illusion

  • MikWillis
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Electrostatic Potential Energy of a Conducting Sphere

  • George3
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How do I calculate the current in a diode?

  • vodkasoup
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How Does Potential Energy Influence Particle Motion in Physics?

  • zorro
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Solving for Work and Friction in Kinetic Energy Equations

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Power produced by a rotation disk

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Potential/Kinetic/Total Energy of hydrogen atom absorbing photon

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Calculating Maximum River Crossing Distance with Initial Velocity of 30 m/s

  • stressedgirl
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Unusual difficult kinetic problem

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What's the Correct Formula for Finding the Speed of a Thrown Ball?

  • kari82
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Kirchoff's Law: Identifying Loops in Circuits

  • thereddevils
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Work Energy Momentum Homework: Find Plank Velocity After Block Departs

  • zorro
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Maximizing Runner's Acceleration: The Role of Friction

  • furor celtica
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How Does the Sun's Power Output Compare to a Car Battery?

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Calculating Thrust & Initial Acceleration of Saturn V

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Determine magnitude of force acting on block on inclined plane

  • JJBladester
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Calculating Deceleration of Man on Bicycle with Air Resistance

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Compression in Accelerating Springs.

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Electric Potential inside and outside a spherical Shell

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How Does Torque Affect Ladder Equilibrium?

  • ThomasMagnus
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Non-Uniform Circular Motion problem

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Solving 2D Harmonic Motion Homework

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Find the largest mass that can sit on an incline without accelerating

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Circular Motion Problem (Using Newtonian Physics)

  • Dougggggg
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Electric Potential inside insulating solid sphere.

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Help with a Friction Question: Maximum mass a Man can Push

  • jessicak
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Finding Force between 2 objects

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Light reflected by uniform glass sphere

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What is Solving a Statics Problem: Finding the Resultant Force?

  • findley
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2 masses connected via pulley system.

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Solved: Radioactive Decay Equations, Identify Type of Decay

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Friction (horizontal) Applied Greater Force than Equilibrium

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Is Pushing Against a Car's Motion Positive Work?

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2 Part Kinematic Equation Problem

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Rocket; velocity and postion vectors

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Energy, U, stored in springs as a function of y, the distance

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Static friction, car going around a turn

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Height equation in a weird way.

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Grade 11 Physics: A subway train

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Conservation of motion what the velocity of other fragment

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Solve Displacement Vectors Homework

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How Does Friction Affect a Penguin Sled on an Inclined Plane?

  • mmiller9913
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Having trouble with this Moments about the coordinate axes problem

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Mechanics, specifically Moment question

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Significant Figures: Cylinder Volume Calculation

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Determine the units of the quantity described

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Will an Applied Force of 5 N Move a 1 kg Box?

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How Do Forces Affect the Acceleration of Contacting Cylinders?

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Find Initial Velocity of Ball with Time: 3.37

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Basic Physics question, find average acceleration and velocity?

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Electric Force and Object Acceleration

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What is the explanation behind Newton's Laws?

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How do you find the time constant in an RC circuit?

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A kid falls off the top bunk of a bed, how long till he wakes up?

  • ADH
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Determining the Charge on Parallel Plates

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Projectile Motion of a Cannonball Problem

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Why is the -0.5 term irrelevant in solving equations of motion?

  • Andy21
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How Do You Calculate Pressure from Force and Area?

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Finding Velocity and Acceleration in Simple Harmonic Motion

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Solving for Vemf and Internal Resistance

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How Do You Calculate the Resultant Force and Its Direction from Two Vectors?

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Carnot engine rejected heat problem

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Current in a Battery: Solving w/ Kirchoff's Law

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Electric field accelerated proton

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