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Equilibrium of a Spring: Force or Mass?

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Minimum velocity and angle for bullet to hit duck in flight

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Time taken to travel x meters with constant acceleration

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Fly traveling between car and wall: how many trips?

  • The legend
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Electric potential and charge on capacitors-

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Understanding Standing Waves for SAT II Physics

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Solving a 2.2kg Block Incline Problem

  • GOPgabe
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How Do You Determine Quantum Numbers from Hydrogen Atom Wavelengths?

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How can we determine the rotational axis for a torques-related problem?

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What is the Doppler Effect and When Does it Occur?

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Force needed to slow a 10kg mass at rate g

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How Does Friction Affect the Stopping Time of a Rotating Grindstone?

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Weight on an Elastic thread question.

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Electric Field of ping pong ball of mass

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Chlorophyll and the Photoelectric Effect

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Loss in gravitational energy during condensation of star

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Free fall problem involving two objects

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Electrostatics (Distance of closest approach)

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Projectile motion and circular motion questions

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Calculating current in circuit with multiple emf's using Kirchhoff's

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When/where will two projectiles converge

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Calculating Force from Pressure and Area

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Find electronic force, this one is driving me crazy,

  • nutriculium
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Electrostatic force,electric field,electric potential,electric flux

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Force between two perpendicular currents

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Maximum voltage in a capacitor with 2 dielectrics

  • Phillipe
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Designing a Windmill for Maximum Power

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How Do You Calculate Displacement Angles?

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Potential difference across a square

  • shawli
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Cuurent in straight wire and direction of magnetic force

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The number of Helium atoms in the balloon

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Wave Interference at Radio Station Antennas

  • llamajuice
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Work- constant pressure, changing volume

  • physics1234
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Rotating reference system - centrifugal force

  • mathfilip
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A simple thermodynamic question

  • arkofnoah
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Finding an unknown resistance in an Electric Circuit

  • mlostrac
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Solving Energy Problems: Understanding Capacitors and Voltage

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Force at Equilibrium: How to Solve X and Y Components of Tension

  • GOPgabe
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Power Relative to Time Question

  • bmxrider945
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Finding worked Fourier series problems

  • Gza
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Force on the charge, coloumb's law vector form

  • co2junkie
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What is the acceleration of a hockey puck sliding on a frozen lake?

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A Simple Harmonic Motion Problem

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The prism is made from glass and its cross section is an

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Question on gravitational field

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Electric Potential Energy Problem

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A difficult boat and river problem

  • Swap
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Potential difference given velocity of electron at 2 points

  • louza8
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Will the Football Reach the Goalpost? - Projectile Motion in Soccer Practice

  • utkarsh009
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Mechanics displacement Question

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Why Does the Penny Slide Off the Record at 0.080m?

  • mizzy
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How much energy is need to place four positive charges

  • mlostrac
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Tension in rope for stuntman swinging in vertical circle

  • mizzy
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Resistance and Current-Direct Current Circuits

  • glamdring22
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Yes, the charge should be placed 0.012 m to the right of the -q charge.

  • mlostrac
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Does force equal stress and displacement equal strain in a spring?

  • Procrastinate
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Force as a function of position

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Calculating Orbital Speed and Period for a Satellite in Circular Orbit

  • mizzy
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Measuring Projectile Efficiency: Is 51% Accurate?

  • donkeycopter
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How do I find the reduced force on an object due to springs?

  • Assasinof6
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Calculating Magnetic Field and Induced EMF in a Concentric Loop System

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Magnectic force on current carrying wire

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Need help with some questions on relativity please

  • ArtStudentEli
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Speed, velocity and acceleration

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Potential Energy (A box attached to a spring which is attached to the ceiling.)

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Why does the force between two boxes decrease in a two-box system?

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Grandfather Clock - How to Make 1 Second?

  • annoymage
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How long for 3 m³ of salt in a thermos to cool from 800°C to 100°C?

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Magnetic Fields of a charged particle

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Does a sprinter bursting from blocks violate momentum conservation?

  • mizzy
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Uhf radio wave - determine frequency

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Electric current, resistance and circuits

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How Does a Conducting Bar on Rails Behave in a Magnetic Field?

  • krh68
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Crane Problem, Finding Angular Velocity

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How many U-235 atoms consumed in a 700 MW reactor in one day?

  • abrowaqas
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Calculating Half-Life of Radioactive KCl

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How far Halley's comet is - Giancoli, p. 153, Pr. 59, 3rd Ed

  • bjnartowt
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Solve Free Fall Problem: Tower Height Calculation

  • PhyNewie
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Why Do Observers A and B Perceive Light Arrival at Different Times?

  • seto6
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Momentum and Energy related Bullet Question

  • tmang
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How Many Diffraction Orders Are Visible with a 5000 Lines/cm Grating?

  • clockworks204
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A missle coliding witha satelite

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Creating a Nichrome Heating Coil for 12V, 36W @373K

  • pat666
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Airplane flap angle and lift in a wind tunnel experiment

  • claireisbear
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Essay Help for IB: Researching Physics Topics

  • dsds1000
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The Law of Conservation Problem (Application)

  • tmang
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Six homework problems on vectors, quadratic equations, and forces

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How to we do the inverse of y=(x-1)^2 ?

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Friction question (intro level)

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What is the Inductance per Unit Length of a Solenoid?

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Why Must HCl and NaOH Be at Equal Temperatures for Mixing in Experiments?

  • chemistry4all
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Question on Electric Potential Energy

  • Lewis
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Ball Velocity at Different Times

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Sound travel time from airplane at 9000m with temperature-dependent speed

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