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Can the speed of sound reach the speed of light?

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Wire resistance when stretched to twice its length

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Finding wavelength and propagation speed from transverse wave equation

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Hydrogen atom energy levels and photon wavelengths from n=3

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

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Special relativity, summation agreement

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[Thermo.] thermal expansion and isothermal compressibility coefficients.

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Find velocity given y and angle

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Work done by friction and applied force on an inclined plane

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Two body collision with a spring

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Calculating Acceleration of a Rolling Wheelbarrow

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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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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?

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Does a Positively Charged Ball Attract a Neutral Metal Ball?

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

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What is the Acceleration of the System?

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Creating Weightlessness in an Airplane: Calculating Flight Path Radius

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Two stones thrown from 50-m cliff 1 second apart

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

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Understanding Forces in an Anchor System

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Understanding Momentum Conservation in Particle Collisions

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Work done by friction with applied force at 32° angle

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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

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Writing a project report with no experimental data

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Sled pulled up 18 m hill with force at 45° angle

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Elastic collisions in COM frame

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Determining spring's max compression on frictionless track

  • mandy9008
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Finding spring constant from equilibrium stretch of 35 cm

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Doubling voltage and power in a light bulb

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Physics circular motion, orbits, and gravity

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Hooke's Law and the force constant

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Velocity and Sound to determine distance

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Finding height given velocities

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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.

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What are the resonant wavelengths?

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What is the final temperature after mixing ice and steam?

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

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2-D car collision, finding speed and angle

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Dimensions in logarithms after integration

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What is the Angular Speed of a Falling Rod?

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When Does Runner B Pass Runner A?

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Simple pendulum vertical acceleration at lowest point with 19 kg mass

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

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Angle of refraction of light in water

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

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Gravitational Potential Energy of an object

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Kinetic energy and momentum of a photon at 660 nm wavelength

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Finding masses of two objects from gravitational force and total mass

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Frictionless ramp question. Find angle.

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Elevator Question (Rotation of rigid body and Energy)

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What are the key principles of special relativity?

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What Is the Van's Velocity After Collision in a Momentum Conservation Problem?

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Damped oscillations: block on spring in water

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

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Importance of de Broglie wavelength of matter

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Radioactive decay question Ra to Rn

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Physics problem involving gravity?

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How Does Entropy Change When Tea Cools?

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What is the significance of a massive relativistic particle?

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Physics problem involving two snowballs?

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Maximum amplitude formula for driven oscillations

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Wave optics and diffraction gratings

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How many appliances will melt aluminum wire?

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Torsion Pendulum Oscillation (SHM)

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How do you find the volume of three dimensions.

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Simple parallel plate speed of charge question

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Deriving mean free path of ideal gas

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Carrier transport in semiconductor

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Truck tire pressure / load on road

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The Velocity of Block B Relative to A

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Number of sf to be carried forward

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

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Dicontinuity of electric displacement normal to a boundary

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Linear acceleration in a uniform magnetic field due to torque

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Thermodynamics - heat transfer

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With what velocity did the mug leave the counter?

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Finding x-position for maximum force on a charge between two fixed charges

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Gravitation and potential energy

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Angle of total acceleration with radius for car on circular track

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

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

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Determine the weight by using force

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Thrust on tilted cube tank face with water and oil layers

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Ski Jump Problem: Verify if Tangent is <20º

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Solve % Error in Specific Heat Capacity: Eh = mcΔT

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