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Given mass, distance, and time, calculate power

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Speed for Remaining Time and Distance

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A high diver jumping off a board (basic force problem)

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What Angles Allow a Golf Ball to Land 85 Meters Away?

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Find the acceleration vector of the mass

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2 Two-dimensional motion problems

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Thermodynaics, solving for minimum power to heat water

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Finding coefficient of friction given slope

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Projectile Problem: Find Moon Gravity from 30m & 180m Hits

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What angle should the ladder be set up at to prevent slipping?

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a Particle

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How Do You Determine the Rise in Temperature of a Rock Falling into Water?

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What Does the Constant Quantity x(dy/dt) - y(dx/dt) Represent in 2D SHM?

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Question about speed of a projectile

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Heat Q flows spontaneously from a reservoir at

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Two Thermally Insulated Tanks: Solving the Puzzle

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Question regarding optics(prism)

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Javelin Problem: Optimal Angle & Speed

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Force required to keep one block from sliding down another

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Equations of Motion: Car Travels 60m/s for 10s

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Collisions problem completed - is it correct?

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Finding True Weight with False Balance

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Simple Motion Along a Straight Line Problem

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One Dimensional Kinematics Problem

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Newtons Second Law: Finding net forces

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How Much Work Does the Human Heart Perform in a Day?

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Do Lab Report Graphs Need to Include the Origin Point?

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Solve Hooke's Law Problem: Spring Constant & Compression

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Radius of a projectile at the top of its path.

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Direction of displacement vector

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When do i use these kinematic formulas (constant-acceleration)

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Solve Mechanics Homework: Driving Force & Tow Bar Tension

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RELATIVE MOTION wooden boxcar, sniper, bullets oh my

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Electrical engineering circuit analysis

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Force on a Particle: Find Direction of Movement from Rest

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Did i do this f=ma problem right

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How to Apply Gauss's Law for Symmetrical Electric Objects?

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What Are the Velocity and Acceleration of a Particle at t = 5.0 s?

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Two blocks on a double incline plane

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Proving Magnitude of Position Vector for Centre of Mass

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Coneceptual Exercise on Static Friction

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Vector jerk is the 3 derivative?

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Electric fields and Gauss's Law

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Answer: Calculating Relative & Absolute Uncertainty of R^-2

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Instantaneous Velocity Car Problem

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What is the magnitude of P in a dynamics pulley problem?

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Yukawa potential energy function

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Light Fringes Change When Intensity of One Slit is Reduced

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Where Did I Go Wrong in Deriving Gravitational Potential Energy?

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How Does Tire Pressure Relate to Automobile Weight?

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What time t does the particle first cross the x axis?

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Conceptual Question pertaining to force

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Projectile Motion at an Angle: Calculating Time and Distance

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How Does Velocity Change With Height in Projectile Motion?

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What Makes Telephoto Lenses Have a Longer Focal Length Than Convex Lenses?

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Need help with Physics Vectors, not sure how to do them

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Finding Time for Package to Reach Sea Level from Ejection?

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Calculating Trajectory & Time of Flight

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Solving Gravity Problems in Physics

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Violation of the second law of thermodynamics?

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Surface Charge Density of shower

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Finding the initial speed of the baseball?

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How Is the Net Charge of Shell B Determined Using Gauss's Law?

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Town clock seconds hand speed and centripetal acceleration

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Determine the magnitude of its maximumradial acceleration

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Electric field calculation for 3 point charges

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Find tension in this train coupling

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What is the opposite of tension?

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Train turning, tangential acceleration and total acceleration

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Finding the mass of a block on an incline attached to a pulley

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Calculating Charge Density on Parallel Plates | Homework Problem

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One pulley attached between two blocks, both sliding on wood.

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Conservation momentum for y- axis

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Calculating Building Height Using Balloon Drop Experiment

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How Is the Total Acceleration of a Car Calculated in Circular Motion?

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Dynamics with complex equations

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Vectors Problem (dealing with velocity)

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Confusion regarding Thermodynamics - Molar Specific Heats for Gases

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What Is the Acceleration of a 77kg Skier Traveling at 45mph Downhill?

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Single slit diffraction - distance between 1st&2nd order dark fringes

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How Do You Solve for Part (D) Using Torque Equations?

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What happens after the air is evacuated?

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Resultant Force Acting On Springs : Confused

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How Do You Calculate Gravitational Field Strength Between Two Planets?

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Charges/Coulomb's Law/Electric Fields

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Weekly Annuity Calculation Method

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Simple DC Circuits Homework: Rank Bulb Brightness & Current

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Flower pot falls past a window

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Kinematic Equations - Why can't I solve like this?

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What did I do wrong in finding the resultant of these vectors?

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