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How Many Atomic Diameters Does a Neon Atom Move Between Collisions?

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Conservation of Energy in a Block-Cylinder System

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Help with kinetics and conservation problem thanks

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Projectile Motion and linear motion problem

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Conservation of momentum of astronaut in her space suit

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Lob vs. Bullet Pass: Initial Speed and Launch Angle Calculation

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Collision between two croquet balls

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Moving charges and magnetic field

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Finding recoil speed given force, mass, and velocity

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Exact relationship between φ and γ

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Analyzing the Motion of a Released Yoyo: Calculating Acceleration and Tension

  • thesandalman
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How Many Ions Are Produced in Air by 1 MeV Radiation?

  • Ali Asadullah
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What is the momentum of the ball at different locations?

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I with hw (my book hasnt came in yet)

  • JJ89
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Special relativity: particle collision

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Calculating Stopping Time of Car at 77 km/h

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Moments of Inertia Derivation,

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Calculating Weight Increase in Car Crash: 12 Stone Occupant at 30mph

  • Simo43
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Why is the distance traveled by the bird towards the wall incorrect?

  • chaoseverlasting
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Car Speed When Passing Train: 49 m/s

  • swimstar
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What is the acceleration of gravity on a strange planet?

  • clockworks204
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Determine Jupiter radius based on graviational acceleration at surface

  • WannaLearn
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What is the speed of the arrow shot from the bow in projectile motion?

  • Metahominid
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Solving Bobbin on Incline: Angle of Tilt θ

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How Do Electrons and Ions Affect Current Calculation at Point A?

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How Much Current Is Induced in a Moving Rectangular Circuit Near a Wire?

  • N_Spears
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Understand Why Current Is Defined as a Scalar

  • hasan_researc
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Acceleration of two masses on a pulley

  • wwshr87
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What is the current through the 10-ohm resistor?

  • COKEDUDE
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I Need Help Solving a Work Done by a Variable Force

  • kevin023
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How Do Falcon Attacks Alter the Flight Path of Their Prey?

  • mnafetsc
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Thermodynamics : Work in a Cyclic Process

  • rizardon
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Special relativity: proof of symmetry concept

  • Uku
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Is Kilogram Force the Same as Kilogram Mass?

  • Dell
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Special relativity: 2d metric components

  • Uku
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Maximizing Acceleration and Braking Distance for a Cyclist on a Horizontal Road

  • thereddevils
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Car Crash Problem: Was Driver Speeding?

  • calcite
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When Does a Swing Rider Feel the Lightest?

  • lucky777
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Heat capacities of a gas mixture.

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Force exerted by external field

  • randomss444
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Calculating Maximum Speed on Banked Curve: Centripetal Force

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How High is the Sea Cliff Based on Sound Travel Time?

  • dwilson89
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Alpha Particle Charge: Is it 2x2.50x10^-21?

  • randomss444
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Particle with gravity and electric field

  • XanziBar
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Calculating Angular Size of Moon with Telescope

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Did I do this angular acceleration problem right?

  • zeromodz
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Formula for radial acceleration

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Average speed relative to the magnitude of the average velocity?

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Formula for Circular Motion and Tangential Speed

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Special relativity: components of a metric tensor

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Solving for Tension in a Mass Slowing Down

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What is the Minimum Angle for a Ladder to Not Slip Against a Wall?

  • shards5
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Deriving the Rotation Period of a Planet from Density

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Conservation of Energy,pendulum question

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Solving the Pulley Problem: Find a & T

  • blackrose01
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Work,energy COM and linear momentum conservation

  • Swap
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Mass Moment of Inertia: slanted solid parallelogram: Well past wit's end

  • MikeHoulder
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How Much Force is Needed to Stop a Grinding Wheel in 20 Seconds?

  • clockworks204
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[Thermo.] This problem has been bugging me for days, .

  • Je m'appelle
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Does Current Remain Constant in a Wire with Varying Cross Sections?

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Charging a capacitor at constant rate

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What is the speed of two objects after a perfectly inelastic collision?

  • Agent M27
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Answer: Calculate Average Acceleration with 10m and 50s

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How Do I Find the Bessel Transform of a Sequence of Numbers?

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Electric field, direction and magnitude

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Rock's Velocity at Bottom of Hole

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Constant Acceleration-Find Initial Velocity

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Two charged capacitors cross connected to each other

  • PhysicsUnderg
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Calculating Time for a Radio Pulse to Travel between Earth and Venus

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Projectile Motion: only g and t known

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Unbanked and banked Curves problem

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Kinematics Question: Child on Trampoline Jump Height Calculation

  • Gurvir
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Speed of Sound Waves: Echoes in a Canyon

  • mickellowery
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Average force exerted by a wall on a ball

  • Agent M27
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Solving Motion of m w/ Respect to O: Spring & Damper

  • bobred
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How Do I Solve This Tricky Calculus Problem About Rolling Ball Bearings?

  • Tony Zalles
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How to get the power that is dissipated

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Calculating Final Temp of Water in Styrofoam Cup

  • ramenluver50
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About The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom

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Can the speed of sound reach the speed of light?

  • michael3.1415
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Wire resistance when stretched to twice its length

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Traveling Wave Model: transverse wave on a string

  • mickellowery
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Please confirm Hydrogen atom question

  • pinnacleprouk
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Are Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Law, and Thevenin's Theorem Interconnected?

  • man0005
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Special relativity, summation agreement

  • Uku
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[Thermo.] thermal expansion and isothermal compressibility coefficients.

  • Je m'appelle
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Find velocity given y and angle

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Equation: work done by friction

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Two body collision with a spring

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Calculating Acceleration of a Rolling Wheelbarrow

  • physlover545
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Finding velocities in F vs x graph

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Find the Net Force and Acceleration Question

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What is the resonant frequency of a plucked wire in a closed brass tube?

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What is the boiling temperature of the liquid?

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