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Velocity and acceleration of a ball

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Exact forces (not net forces) involved in pushing a line of boxes?

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How Do Echo Timings Help Calculate Cliff Distances?

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Magnetic constant for force between two magnetic poles

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Conditions of equilibrium problem

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Does the work-energy theorem relate to Newton's second law?

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Potential Related to Electric Field?

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Why Is the Calculated Torque About the Shoulder Incorrect?

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Find the direction and the magnitude of the total electric field

  • PhilCam
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Difficult UCM/friction question

  • floridaMAO
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Two charged spheres hanging from a thread at 30 degrees

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FBDs of Stacked Boxes: Understanding Force Distribution in Connected Objects

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What Was the Original Frequency of the Piano's Out of Tune A Note?

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50kg mass hanging from pulley with 1kg mass on rope

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Acceleration of Charge in a Potential Gradient

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What Does Zero Electric Flux Indicate About the Electric Field?

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When does the rocket use up its fuel from the graph?

  • nicholaschean
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Which objects are accelerating in these six scenarios?

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Expression of Electric Field with known charges

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Quick thermo problem[just an uncertainty]

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Showing RC has units of time

  • pat666
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Force and distance in a hydraulic lift with two pistons

  • Mowgli
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Substance decrease by factor of 100? (radioactivity)

  • physics(L)10
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Principal Quantum number by size?

  • physics(L)10
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Capacitors - long Q - full procedure, very grateful if someone will check

  • pat666
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Report on air resistance of projectile motion

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The speed of sound in relation to temperature

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A momentum question - having conceptual difficulties -

  • metalrose
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Equipotential Surfaces for Different Charge Configurations

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Check resistor network with 12Ω, 18Ω, 36Ω parallel resistors

  • pat666
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Solving Trajectory Problem with 2 Variables (V,A)

  • Sciencerob
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Charged particle rotating in electric field

  • Ush
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How Do You Calculate Electric Field Intensity?

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How Does Air Speed Affect Aircraft Weight?

  • Mowgli
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Can kinetic friction and gravity do positive work?

  • HelloMotto
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Electric field on a piece of wire

  • vladimir69
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RC transistor switch: labeling, charging delay, and bulb control

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Predicting Cell Movement and Shape in Conway's Game of Life

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Solving a system of 5 equations with 5 current unknowns

  • astenroo
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Calculating heat of reaction by adding and subtracting equations

  • chemistry4all
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Finding experimental evidence and theorists for nuclear fusion essay

  • Jia T
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Can Power Absorbed by 5G1 be 0 in this Circuit?

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Tension in string of object suspended in liquid

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Sound Source distance and Localization method

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Solving a Static Problem with Conflicting Results

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Conservation of momentum of a bullet question

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The suspended object then must be negatively charged.

  • tony873004
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Block M pulled by hanging mass m on frictionless pulley with friction

  • aarno
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Finding charge on third point charge given force conditions

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Calculating Gravitational Force Between Earth and Moon

  • mizzy
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Coefficient of friction for block on incline with spring

  • SpIIIdD
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Calculating Time for 1000kg Boat to Slow from 90km/h to 45km/h

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Calculating propeller torque from rpm and force measurements

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Simple Harmonic Motion of Charges

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Work Done in Compressing Oxygen: Thermo Analysis

  • abrowaqas
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Conservation of energy - spring problem

  • shawli
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How to Derive the Equation of Motion for Connected Masses on a Cylinder?

  • bobred
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Finding q(t) on a capacitor in an RC circuit

  • Robert S
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Calculating Capacitance for a Water-Filled Parallel-Plate Capacitor"

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Understanding Capacitor Charging Time

  • pat666
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Sign of potential energy for opposite charges at fixed distance

  • pat666
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Force on a corner charge in a rectangle of four equal point charges

  • pat666
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Potential Difference with Series and Parallel Resistors

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Equipotential surfaces - - Pictures

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Finding Electric Field from Electric Force and Charge

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Potential difference charge and Energy - Equation

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Momentum/law of conservation of energy - collision of two cars

  • shawli
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Friction question (introductory level)

  • Fallinleave
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What Is the Frequency of Oscillation in a Series RLC Circuit?

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Equivalent Current Through Specific Resistor

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Average and RMS speed of molecules with speeds 2 to 11 km/s

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Finding the result of a collision

  • InvisibleMan1
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Which thermodynamics laws apply to heating copper until oxidation?

  • Kloji
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Electric field slowing a proton from 3.5 × 10⁶ m/s to rest

  • pat666
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How to know the direction of friction?

  • jofree87
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How does nodal analysis by inspection work?

  • VinnyCee
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A point charge near a stream of water

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What Is the Direction of the Magnetic Force on a Proton?

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Angle needed on banked corner of road.

  • Lachlan1
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Electric force of Van de Graaff generator problem.

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I with my mechanical principles home work.

  • james9.81
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Circular Diffraction Patterns: What is the Correct Diameter of the Slit?

  • Brown Arrow
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Magnetism - Is there a magnetic force on the lectron

  • sharkey1314
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Real vs Ideal Springs: How Do Forces and Stretches Compare?

  • ninetyfour
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Force of collision without knowledge of the results of the collision

  • InvisibleMan1
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Analyzing Canon Ball's Height & Acceleration Over Time

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Electric field of semi circular piece of wire

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Rotational motion of a turntable

  • mizzy
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Cylindrical Surface Charge Density

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Conservation of Energy with Spring Mass System on Inclined Plane

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