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Express Max height in terms of g and T? ?

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Why inertia alone doesn't keep Earth orbiting the Sun

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Field Goal Projectile Problem: Time to Score!

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Mass of Particle in 0.200T Magnetic Field

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Calculating Velocity of 100g Mass to Describe Circle on Table

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"Find Out 1 meV in Å from E1/2 Equation

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Determining a smooth motion when given a function

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Vectors ; specifically cross product application

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Velocity of sound in air in a closed air column

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Analysis of Person Diving into Pool w/ Uniform Horizontal Beam

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Integrating to find velocity and position equations

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Trouble with a classic statics problem

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Projectile Motion - Only given time and range

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Radius of curvature of a point on a rolling wheel

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Average acceleration of a man walking from t=2 to t=8 min

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Solving Vector Components: East-West and North-South Directions

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Electric Field at Point P on Spherical Shell Insulator

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Calculating Time for Rectangular Block to Stop on Rough Ground

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Vector Problem involving Cartesian plane

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How to solve for x in (1/3)x + (1/4)y = x/a

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Velocity and Acceleration of motorcycle

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Solution manual for Statistical Mechanics by Pathria

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What is the Wavenumber and Transition for an H-Atom with n=732 to n=731?

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Capacitors in series and electric potential

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Help with capacitor problem

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Kinematics Question Involving Submarine

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Finding Distance with Mechanical Energy Problem

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Calculating Peak Charge and Total Energy

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Why does water narrow as it falls from a tap?

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Drawing a vector from the x and y components.

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How do we calculate the Max value of x?

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Kinematics Question. Car's acceleration

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Minimum Constant Acceleration for Aircraft Liftoff

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Electron moving between 2 charged plates

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Finding distance to Mars using angle from Earth with circular orbits

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Approximating Area of Region Bounded by y=sin(x) and x=0 to π

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Ask me some conceptual questions on waves?

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Finding Magnitudes of Vectors Using the COMPONENTS Method

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What Is the Initial Velocity of a Particle Accelerating for 0.350s?

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Automobile accelerating at 2.0 m/s² overtakes truck at 9.3 m/s

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The hot-air ballon intersection question.

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How Do I Solve a Parallel Circuit Problem?

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Why is my motional EMF current calculation giving 0.0043 A?

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Why Does Static Friction Cause Torque in a Rolling Ball?

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Accelerating a Car: Min Time to Reach Speed v

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Why is acceleration negative for a brick thrown upward?

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Peak EMF in Generator Coil at 90.0 Hz: 0.012V

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What Causes Electrons to Revolve Around the Nucleus?

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How to find fundamental frequency

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Charged shpere inside grounded shell

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Solving for Magnetic Flux in a Square Loop

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Find strength and direction of electric field

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How to Construct Best Fit, Min and Max Slope Lines with Error Bars for Graph?

  • curiousgeorge99
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Curvature/centrifugal force problem

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Deriving Vf² = Vi² + 2ax with calculus and canceling differentials

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Speed and velocity homework: units, conversions, and calculations

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Mass a helium balloon can overcome

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Velocity Time Graph to calculate resistive forces

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Marathon runner velocity problem

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Calculating the angle of the force exerted on a pulley

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Basketball bouncing: finding max height from bounce time

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Calculating Velocity of Bowling Ball at 3.0s

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Calculating Time for Arrow to Stop Moving Respect to Block

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Which car has the greater deceleration rate?

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Energy emitted by radiation from a pipe

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What is the speed of a falling bolt in an upward-moving elevator?

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Setting intantaneous velocity equal to average velocity

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Electric Field at the Center of a Triangle

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Deriving the Equation for Final Velocity Using Kinematic Equations

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Understanding Spring Balances and Series Setups

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Maximum angle of deflection after collision

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Laws of motion/vectors question?

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Charged Particles in Electric and magnetic fields

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Single slit diffraction: distance between 1st and 2nd dark fringes

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A problem of strings, pulleys and weights

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Finding resistance (electric circuit)

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Find Solution for Electrostatic Force Neutralization

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MATHS INTEGRATION, Wont let me post in calculus forum

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What is the distance and direction between city A and city C?

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Converting hair growth rate to nanometers per second

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Finding position from velocity with integration

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What is the final velocity of a dropped package in free fall?

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"Solving for a to Make Vector A a Unit Vector

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Electrostatic force of Repulsion

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Thermodynamics ice cube problem

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Height at which two balls collide traveling opposite direcitons

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Solving Car Stopping Distances and Decelerations

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Finding vertical displacement in terms of a function of two heights.

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RMS Current in an AC Generator with Doubled Rotational Speed

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Instantaneous velocity electron

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Finding voltages across capacitors under DC conditions

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Find total force resisting motion.

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Relativity - Length Contraction

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Heat released when 500g of water vapor condenses

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Solving for time and final velocity in a basic physics equation

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What Is the Minimum Average Speed Required to Catch the Ball?

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