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Block sliding along a looped track

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Interference - Frequency Interference -- Frequency

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Energy and Capacitors of metal spheres

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Do all objects fall at the same rate when dropped from a height?

  • davidco2
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Does a Positively Charged Ball Attract a Neutral Metal Ball?

  • taisiu
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How Long Does It Take for a Particle on a String to Move Through 1.0 km?

  • hartfan
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What is the Acceleration of the System?

  • swimstar
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Creating Weightlessness in an Airplane: Calculating Flight Path Radius

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Free fall acceleration (time elapsed, initial & final speed)

  • sona1177
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How Does Hooke's Law Determine Spring Constant and Extension?

  • mandy9008
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Understanding Forces in an Anchor System

  • rambo5330
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Understanding Momentum Conservation in Particle Collisions

  • EventHorizon4
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Work done by friction homework help

  • mandy9008
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Find distance before rest given length and angle of incline

  • mandy9008
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Determining altitude given velocities and mass

  • mandy9008
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How to Write a Project Report Without Data: Tips and Tricks

  • hasan_researc
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Help with a Kinetic/ Potential Energy problem please

  • Legal
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Elastic collisions in COM frame

  • joriarty
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Determining spring's max compression on frictionless track

  • mandy9008
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Simple Harmonic Motion of a spring

  • mickellowery
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Doubling voltage and power in a light bulb

  • daysrunaway
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Physics circular motion, orbits, and gravity

  • thesandalman
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Hooke's Law and the force constant

  • mandy9008
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Velocity and Sound to determine distance

  • mikeR3975
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Finding height given velocities

  • mandy9008
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What is the Electric Potential at Points on the Y-Axis with Zero Potential?

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Pressure as a function of time.

  • wwshr87
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What are the resonant wavelengths?

  • physics(L)10
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What is the final temperature after mixing ice and steam?

  • kenny1999
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How is Work and Net Work Calculated in a Supermarket Shopping Scenario?

  • mandy9008
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2-D car collision, finding speed and angle

  • clockworks204
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Dimensions in logarithms after integration

  • quantum13
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What is the Angular Speed of a Falling Rod?

  • j2013
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When Does Runner B Pass Runner A?

  • xcompulsion
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Simple Pendulum Acceleration: Solving for Period and Mass Changes

  • SuperCass
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An AM station is broadcasting a radio wave whose frequency is 1400 kHz.

  • jandominic145
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Angle of refraction of light in water

  • Kaldanis
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Block sliding down wedge (w/ friction), wedge on frictionless floor

  • vitus
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Gravitational Potential Energy of an object

  • mickellowery
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Solving Physics Homework Questions: Kinetic Energy & Momentum of Photons

  • ibysaiyan
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Universal gravitation: mass of 2 objects

  • mickellowery
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Frictionless ramp question. Find angle.

  • oldschooleuro
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Elevator Question (Rotation of rigid body and Energy)

  • zewei1988
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What are the key principles of special relativity?

  • Ki-nana18
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What Is the Van's Velocity After Collision in a Momentum Conservation Problem?

  • kompheak vic
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Oscillations: Damped Block homework

  • SuperCass
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Friction, object pulled at an angle, given only (mue) and max tension hmmm

  • Beamsbox
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Importance of de Broglie wavelength of matter

  • CharlieC89
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Radioactive decay question Ra to Rn

  • rshalloo
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Physics problem involving gravity?

  • bkell27
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How Does Entropy Change When Tea Cools?

  • rizardon
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What is the significance of a massive relativistic particle?

  • hasan_researc
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Physics problem involving two snowballs?

  • bkell27
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Quick Clarification Question (Oscillations)

  • SuperCass
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Wave optics and diffraction gratings

  • Kalibasa
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How many appliances will melt aluminum wire?

  • dpbrown
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Torsion Pendulum Oscillation (SHM)

  • SuperCass
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How do you find the volume of three dimensions.

  • randomss444
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Simple parallel plate speed of charge question

  • seto6
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Deriving mean free path of ideal gas

  • hasan_researc
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Carrier transport in semiconductor

  • RajChakrabrty
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Truck tire pressure / load on road

  • pescador
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The Velocity of Block B Relative to A

  • kiwifruit
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Finding the reactions of a ladder against the floor & wall

  • skaterbasist
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Number of sf to be carried forward

  • hasan_researc
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Why do point particles never collide according to Young and Freedman?

  • hasan_researc
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Dicontinuity of electric displacement normal to a boundary

  • ailee
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Linear acceleration in a uniform magnetic field due to torque

  • astralboy15
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Thermodynamics - heat transfer

  • urgent
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With what velocity did the mug leave the counter?

  • the_storm
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General question about solving force maximization problems

  • Ceenaya19
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Gravitation and potential energy

  • cuman12
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Solve Problem in Mechanics Homework: Find Acceleration Angle

  • the_storm
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[Multiple Choice] wavelength of an object. de Broglie wavelength

  • daNAV1GATOR
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Sliding egg I think the books wrong, could someone please verify?

  • Beamsbox
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Determine the weight by using force

  • mandy9008
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Find Thrust on Cube Half-Filled w/ Water & Oil

  • Maybe_Memorie
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Ski Jump Problem: Verify if Tangent is <20º

  • GriffinHeart
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Solve % Error in Specific Heat Capacity: Eh = mcΔT

  • spoony33
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How Does a Bowling Ball Accelerate Up a Ramp?

  • cuman12
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Colliding Particles using energy

  • seto6
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Bullet fired at a block of wood

  • Motorboar
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What Happens to Angular Speed When Moment of Inertia Increases?

  • ghostbuster25
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Moment of inertia with triple integrals

  • demonelite123
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Uncertainty Help: Working Out Approx % Error in Specific Heat Capacity

  • spoony33
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Calculating Angular Acceleration of a Rotating Rod

  • roam
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Finding the unknown magnitude of force

  • leroyjenkens
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Magnetic field from conducting pipe

  • sarahgarden
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Displacement current and conduction current

  • RajChakrabrty
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What are the forces acting on the 2 kg mass?

  • mandy9008
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Make sure electro does not fall

  • seto6
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Rigid Objects In Static Equilibrium: Mass on a Bar

  • mickellowery
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Rigid object under net torque: 2 blocks, pulley, on incline

  • mickellowery
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How does friction affect the energy and motion of a damped spring-mass system?

  • hasan_researc
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Circular Motion and Friction of car turning corner

  • haroldtreen
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