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Question on Velocity, two cars moving away from each other

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How Is Tension Calculated in a Pendulum String at 45 Degrees?

  • carney
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Angular spread between two colour light (refraction)

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How Does Simultaneity Work in Einstein's Theory Without Equations?

  • seto6
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Time for light to travel from tail to nose of moving spacecraft

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Newton's Laws with Friction; Inclines

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Elastic/completely inelastic collision

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Change in Kinetic energy / Momentum

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Is the Area Under a Velocity-Time Curve Distance or Displacement?

  • madah12
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How Can I Find the Coordinates of Rotated Points on a Stick?

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How do you rearrange equations to solve for a specific variable?

  • LTutay
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About the electric field of a dipole

  • norap
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When Does Upthrust Change?

  • starwars32
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Finding electrostatic force and field from three charged spheres

  • roam
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Interpreting angular momentum eigenstates as basis vectors

  • Denver Dang
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Question regarding tension in a string.

  • p75213
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Calculating Second Moment of Aria for Hollow Square Beams

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Minimum volume of helium balloon to lift 240 kg load

  • mizzy
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Mercury column depth when glass tube expands with temperature

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Graphing current vs. time in an RL circut

  • Sheve
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Energy and Wavelength of a photon in pair production

  • amme636
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Finding the number of turns in a tightly wound solenoid

  • pat666
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Motion question that sounds too simple?

  • Pronitron
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Calculating Recoil Momentum in Two-Dimensional Nuclear Decay

  • rvnt
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What is the total energy of a simple pendulum in an accelerating frame?

  • PhMichael
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How Do I Find the Internal Resistance in this Circuit?

  • arkofnoah
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A simple electric circuit question

  • arkofnoah
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1 dimensional motion escape from a locked door

  • madah12
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How Is Path Length Calculated for Light in an Optical Fiber?

  • roam
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Why does ice form at Lake Michigan's shores but not the whole lake?

  • graphicer89
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Derive the density relation to thermal expansion

  • Ryker
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What angle to pull the yo-yo under so it doesn't roll?

  • Ryker
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me with this projectile problem

  • mheghan23
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Finding current using in a loop

  • seto6
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Find the speed of an electron given momentum

  • psilovethomas
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How Is the Image Size Calculated in a Concave Mirror?

  • roam
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Relative Velocity Vector question

  • rvnt
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Magnetic field inside a solenoid and single wire loop

  • pat666
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Why does the slope of a PT Graph equal the VT graph?

  • am2010
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Acceleration: Meters per second per second

  • am2010
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N"Confirming Answers to Vector Splitting Problem

  • mratwi36
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Rate of heat flow by conduction question

  • ProgMetal
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Effect of Temperature on Frequency

  • missileblitz
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How Is Torque Calculated on a Rectangular Coil in a Magnetic Field?

  • coffeem
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Recoil velocity of atom interms of mass and energy

  • NUFC
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Resistance of ammeter and voltmeter

  • arkofnoah
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Solving for the Temperature of an Outer Space Station Wall

  • mizzy
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Why Are Velocity-Distance Graphs Not Common?

  • am2010
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Car decelerating from 50 km/h over 100 m

  • german1234
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Magnetic field in solenoid with closely spaced copper wire

  • pat666
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Magnetic Field Of Two Parallel Wires

  • rstlr
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Calculating resistance of wired cubes

  • Tusike
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Calculating the Lioness' Meal: v_{L}>v_{G}

  • Petr Mugver
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Finding wavelength from frequency using v = fλ

  • garyadamson
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Relativistic velocity addition with v = u = 0.01c

  • seto6
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Acceleration of blocks on a massive pulley system

  • sona1177
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Electrostatic Potential from a uniform line of charge?

  • coffeem
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Quantifying Energy in an Electron-Proton System

  • arkofnoah
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Which calculation should i use?@_@

  • shakie_ija
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How fast is the car moving when

  • sona1177
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Stone dropped from rising balloon at 50m height

  • nirajnishad
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Very simply find potential where its zero question

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Calculating Minimum Force for Turning a Barrel over a Step

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How Is Tension Calculated in a Rope Held by Two People Leaning Back?

  • haloschief
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Centripetal force and total force?

  • paperweight11
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Ball colliding with pivoted pole angular momentum problem

  • Lachlan1
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How Do You Calculate Tensile Load from Stress and Strain?

  • a5hl3yi
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Studying Conservation of Momentum in Shooting a Bullet

  • madah12
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Conversion from grams/liter to valume of the container

  • tony69
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Calculating Resistivity of a Cylinder with a Hole

  • Alexstre
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Where do you put the angle in force diagrams?

  • ewolf335
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Can Gauss's Law Be Applied to a Charged Circular Ring?

  • NOMI_2009
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What does the slope of a speed vs. time graph represent?

  • Astar
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How Do You Calculate River Flow Velocity in a Kinematics Problem?

  • LHC_23
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Calculating Resistance in a Hollow Cylinder with a Pierced Hole

  • Mythian
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Turning Effects of Forces ( principle of moments )

  • tgpnlyt7095
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Queston on workng out Stress in a Beam

  • a5hl3yi
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Uncertainty formula in resistor

  • jinx007
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A wire exerting force on two poles

  • Ryker
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Why does the force of friction point to the right in this scenario?

  • jofree87
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How Do You Calculate Light Intensity After Passing Through Water?

  • dobbinatrix
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A double-slit (Young experiment) problem

  • physicist10
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Calculating Rotational Kinetic Energy: A Merry Go Round Example

  • mizzy
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Effective resistance of secondary circuit in transformers

  • sarah68
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Current Decay in an R-L Circuit

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What Velocity Is Needed to Escape Earth's Gravity?

  • zephyrous
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Fully perfect elastic collision

  • madah12
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Faraday's law to find direction of current

  • Sheve
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Calculating Kinetic Energy in a Spring Compression Problem

  • Nicholson
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How Does Rotating Frame Affect Friction and Heat Generation?

  • PhMichael
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How can the energy at the beginning be zero

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