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A basic velocity/distance traveled problem (need work checked)

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- Compton Scattering - Electron Momentum

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Straight-line motion: Projectile in resising medium

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Pulley with three masses what is T1?

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Calculating Force on Rope in a Pulley System

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Solving Bat Doppler Effect Homework Problem

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What Is the Minimal Force Needed to Keep a Block Suspended by a Cart?

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Radial acceleration, car sircular path

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Wave velocity in a free-hanging rope

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Work-energy problems on a slope

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Will I Make the Crossing in Time?

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How Does Distance Affect Electric Potential Near a Point Charge?

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The focal length of a mirror. Help me maybe?

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Finding distance using acceleration and time

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Block and cart friction problem

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What is Spectroscopic Notation and How Does It Affect My Homework?

  • pat666
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Why is one of the solutions obtained using Coulomb's Law not valid?

  • Saladsamurai
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Helicopter Physics: Solving the Time of Release Problem

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Incredibly complicated for basic physics

  • JAK3CAL
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Mass hanging by two ropes, find rope tensions.

  • aitee
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Transformer efficiency conversion

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Force required to move a book sandwiched between a hand and a table

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Calculating Mass of Atwood Machine to Keep It Still

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How Do You Design a Chain and Sprocket System for a 25mph Scooter?

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What Is the Acceleration of a Block in a Pulley System?

  • physicsnerd11
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Statistical mechanics - characteristics temperature of the HF molecule

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How Fast Does an Electron Travel in a Weak Electric Field with Gravity?

  • somebodyelse5
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Solving Cartesian Vector Problems: |D|, |E|, D+E, E-D

  • mwhowell
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Solving Velocity/Time Problems: Step-by-Step

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What is the Equivalent Capacitance in This Circuit?

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Why does the lid stick to the pan after cooking?

  • fishingspree2
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Electromagnetism linear charge density question

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Projectile Problem: Find Acceleration of Missile to Shoot Down ICBM

  • noleguy33
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"Find Tension Force Between Two Hanging Blocks

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Ordering Vectors by Magnitude: BACDE

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Kinematics in 2 Dimensions: Vector addition

  • huybinhs
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What is the acceleration of the upper block when a horizontal force is applied?

  • SilentBlade91
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How Can I Solve This 2D Kinematics Problem?

  • praecox
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Find displacement, time and velocity

  • kari82
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Finding acceleration and distance

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Acceleration at incline with friction

  • SilentBlade91
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What is the Formula for Calculating the Temperature of an Ideal Gas?

  • pat666
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What is the moment of inertia of the plate about z axis?

  • zorro
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Tension Problem: Two boxes with two ropes

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Did I Calculate the Tension in the Cord Correctly?

  • apiwowar
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Gauss Law Problem with Cylinders

  • physics16102
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Table and frictionless pulleys

  • apiwowar
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Projectile motion of a cannon ball

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How Long Does It Take an Elevator to Complete a Nonstop Run of 185 Meters?

  • djester555
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What is the mass of the hanging block in this system in equilibrium?

  • jessicax07
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Determining Breaking Point Force of a Longer Wire

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How Are Theta_1 and Theta_2 Related in Suspended Charged Spheres?

  • redbeard
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Parallel plate capacitor with dielectric. Find capacitance

  • physics16102
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Friction and Velocity: Solving for Constant Velocity on an Inclined Surface

  • mohabitar
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Solving for Average Force: Physics Homework Help for a 0.47 kg Ball

  • bunton33
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Percent difference and uncertainty

  • mike2601
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How Does a Rowboat's Angle Affect Its Path Across a River with a Current?

  • berrywild120
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Stuck on this simple physics problem.

  • pokeefer
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Equivalent Capacitance Question

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Making a square with point charges (alternative solutions)

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Charge density as a function of r

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Fluid Mechanics - Floating Bodies

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What Are the Equations for Projectile Motion?

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How High is the Cliff if a Rock Takes 3.4 Seconds to Hit the Ground?

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Finding Acceleration in a Frictionless System with Multiple Masses

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Projectile motion(kinematics in 2d) question

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Find minimal speed for ball to clear wall

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What is the Velocity of Object A After an Inelastic Collision?

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Finding the speed of a moving walkway.

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Calculating Surface Gravity on Planet X?

  • mandi182
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Constant acceleration motion problem,

  • chroncile
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Just tell me if this is even possible

  • Mustapha13
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Motion problem for constant acceleration of truck

  • chroncile
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Force with two blocks on a table.

  • bmoore509
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Push down on book, frictional force

  • SilentBlade91
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Force on two boxes attached by a string

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Understanding Trajectory Graphs

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Helped needed with projectile motion given only angle and x/y distance

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How Is Kinetic Energy Calculated in a Radioactive Decay Problem?

  • Psycotic.Goth
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Calculating the acceleration of gravity using a ticker tape.

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Will the Passenger Train Stop Before Hitting the Freight Train?

  • mopar969
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3 blocks dragging with friction, find tension

  • SilentBlade91
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Finding magnitudes of vectors given angles

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Calculate R from Electric field lines.

  • physics16102
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Tension of a string with a pulley

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Acceleration, distance, and friction

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Find Potential Minimum of Two Point Charges

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Average Velocities: Constant Speed on Circular Path

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Velocity vs time graph of runner

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What Is the Magnitude of the Resultant Vector A+B+C?

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Understanding Bike Energy: Types, Transformations, and Dynamos

  • Science10
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Acceleration-velocity-position graph~

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Electric Potential Energy two spheres connected by a long wire

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Review Q #4 (Motion in Two/Three Dimensions)

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Angle of Vector: Find Resultant Force & Direction

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Review Q #5 (Projectile Motion)

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Calculate Displacement Between Two Oases Without a Coordinate System

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