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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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Finding resultant force and direction from two forces on a car

  • delfam
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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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Derive Planck Length in terms of c, G, and h_bar

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Review Q #6 (Projectile Motion)

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Do gravitational forces count in action-reaction pairs during collision?

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Building Height Calculated - Thanks Thaakisfox!

  • TeenieWeenie
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Problem Driver Must Average 337.5 km/h for Last 4 Laps

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Calculating Power/Torque for Amusement Park Ride

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How does the release of a sandbag affect the motion of a hot air balloon?

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Kirchoff's Law Problem: Finding Currents in a Parallel Circuit

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Concentric Cylindrical Conducting Shells Potential Difference

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Impulsive tensions in strings connecting three particles at 120°

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Projectile Motion-Shooting a Ball

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How to Calculate Time and Displacement for a Ferry Boat Crossing a River?

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Static Friction- Train stops, boxes move?

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How Fast Does Nitrogen Expand to Power Piston Arms?

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Finding maximum wall height at 120m for a 38.2 m/s baseball hit at 30°

  • mohabitar
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Can the problem about relative motion be solved without using calculus?

  • issacnewton
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Projectiles launched at an angle, neglecting air resistance

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Age comparison to observer on Earth (time dilation)

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Force Exerted by Shot-Putter: Solving the Puzzle

  • TheNovice
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Manipulating the Symple Equation to Solve for Initial Velocity

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I'm really lost with average velocity and displacement

  • totalanarchy
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Calculate time traveled from launch to land

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Show magnitude of velocity vector in polar coordinates

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Electric Field in Cylindrical Insulator

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Motion problem for constant acceleration

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Calculating Maximum Height in Projectile Motion for an Olympic Long Jumper

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Heat Q flows spontaneously from a reservoir at 383 K into a reservoir

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Particle Acceleration and zero velocity

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What Happens to Forces and Motion When Variables Change?

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Terminal velocity of a raindrop with air resistance

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Net force from four firefighters holding a square net

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Estimate the velocity achieved when you jump

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Minimum Force to Move 6kg Object on Friction Surface

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Uniform Circular Motion of a car

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How to find the initial velocity given only angle and distance traveled

  • ://Justice
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Solving the Projectile and Ramp Problem

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Dielectric Capacitor: Calculation and Force Exertion

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Force needed to push a chair at constant speed 2v

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Projectile Motion on a Hemispherical Rock: Finding the Minimum Initial Speed

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Object falling due to Gravity Problem

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Determining the Age of an Egyptian Mummy

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Solving Kirchoff's Rules in a DC Circuit

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Firefighter's Water Stream Strike Height Calculation

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Derive y as function of time in relation to terminal velocity

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Gravitational forces equal in between an object

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Moment of inertia of spherical shell

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How to Calculate Projectile Motion Using Horizontal and Vertical Equations?

  • physicswowoye
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Conservation of Mechanical Energy - I can't see what I'm doing wrong

  • Hemingway
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Rate of heat loss ramining constant

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Newtons Third Law and Force Imbalance

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How Does the Falling Chain Problem Illustrate Variable Mass Dynamics?

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What is the Relationship Between Acceleration of a Block and a Pulley?

  • imatreyu
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Solving I3 Resistor Problem with Kirchhoff's Laws

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How to Calculate the Absolute Uncertainty in Distance Measurement?

  • anwarjackson
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What is the Significance of Percentage Discrepancy in Data Analysis?

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What Does 'Equation of Motion for the System' Mean in Physics?

  • Hotwir3
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Calculate the initial velocity given degree and time

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Two thermally insulated tanks, calculating final temperature and final pressure

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Rope around Pole, friction intuition

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Weighing a Salmon in an Elevator: What's the Apparent Weight?

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Are My Superposition Circuit Equations Correct?

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Designing a Voltage Divider Circuit with a Trim Pot

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How Does Friction Affect a Sliding Wheel on an Inclined Slope?

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Voltage Across Two Capacitors In Series

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Combining Equations for Lab report

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Centripetal Acceleration and Satellite Question

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Parachutist free fall then deceleration kinematics

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Newtonian mechanics of a metal slab

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Finding the magnitude of vector F = (5i - 5j)

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Winch power equation for lift with counterweight

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Finding acceleration from dropped objects using kinematics

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Tension Problem: Lifting Yourself

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What is the resulting acceleration of the block?

  • uchicago2012
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Rocket Out of Fuel: Time and Altitude

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Velocity, Work, and Acceleration

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Bucket whirled in vertical circle: negative tension and circular motion

  • PhysicsDaoist
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Calculating the Height of a Cliff Using the Speed of Sound

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Stopping distance w human reaction time

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Minimum Force to Make an Object Move

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Uniform Circular Motion of dice

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How Do You Design an Automobile Bumper to Absorb Impact?

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Calculating Work Done by Friction

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What Is Integrated Visual Magnitude in Astronomy?

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Finding x and y components of a vector with angle theta

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Conveyor belt and friction- Determine slip time

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What is the minimum size of a mirror for a person to see their whole image?

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Gunshot Projectile Motion: Two possible angles*

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Truck approaching a car accelerating from rest

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