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Determining direction and magnitude of electric field in a ring.

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Sailboat Acceleration Calculation

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Direction of electrostatic force and field?

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Getting started with kinematics and projectile motion

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E=d/dt(NBAcostθ) Magnetic Field Induced by Rotating Wire in Uniform Field

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How Does Projectile Motion Relate to Speed and Distance Graphs?

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Understanding Angular Velocity: W = 2pi(f) ?

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Can a body rotate about its centre of gravity ? explain with example

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Lens and Mirrors: Which Diagram Has the Larger Image?

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What is the Work Done on a Moving Coin?

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Car on the banked turn with friction

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Archimedes Principle and hanging block

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What is the height of the methane atmosphere?

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Curling stone coming to rest - friction

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Plane flying toward origin with crosswind using vector addition

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Calculate EMF in a Loop: Faradays Law

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Drawbacks of Simple Pendulum as a Time Standard

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World Record Longest Home Run: Roy "Dizzy" Carlyle

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Angular frequency of a spring-mass system?

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Gravitational force on a mass on the axis of a ring

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Measuring the frequency-dependency of the resistance of a coil inductor

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A particle is moving with a velocity of 60.0 m/s

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Finding the velocity of wind that affects an airplane

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Who I can find the displacement in this Q ?

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Trebuchet efficiency calculation gives 430%, what's wrong?

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How can i find the efficiency of a trebuchet and/or catapult

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Various questions regarding sound waves(thanks)

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Which Equations constant I use here ?

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Interference in thin microscope films

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Rollercoaster Physics: Calculating Speed and Energy Transformations

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Finding OCR Physics A mark scheme from January 2006

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Calculate Pressure of Gas with Light Piston

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Predicting Heat Loss from Glass Beaker Experiment

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Calculating Work Done on a Wooden Block Resting on Surface PQYX

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Answering MCQs on Sound Amplitude and Intensity

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Finding total energy from the top of a hill on a rollercoster?

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Accelerating a stationary proton

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Designing a Stable Model Rocket for Windy Conditions

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Question makes no sense, but should be simple

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Doppler effect with two moving submarines and reflected sonar

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Why does a spinning object reverse direction instead of stopping?

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Resistor, capacitor and coil with Alternating current

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Submarine Distance - Hard Doppler effect

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How do you solve this simple problem 3.13(1+x)^2 = 4.32

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Finding Angular Acceleration of Uniform Rod

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Tyrolean traverse - Forces Question

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Why Is Jim Hearing a Different Frequency from the Ambulance Siren?

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Finding total resistance in a mixed series-parallel circuit

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What are the steps for solving Archimede's principle problems?

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Which electron transition produces the lowest frequency absorption line

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Why use a single slit before double-slit diffraction?

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Projectile Motion: Finding Vertical Distance in 2-D without Air Resistance

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When to use v=Δx/Δt versus v=v0+at?

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Q in instantanous acceleration I want check my answer .

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Can a Photon Decay into an Electron and Positron?

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Electric Field Lines, Misconception

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What is the tension in the towbar?

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What is the total length of an ellipse and how can it be calculated?

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At what distance from the Earth and the moon have zero net force?

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Rocket Launch Question: Calculating Height After 1.5s with Given Mass and Force

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How Far Will Car A Travel Before Being Overtaken by Car B?

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Coefficient of friction for 10 kg box pushed at constant velocity

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Find initial velocity with accelration as a funt. of t

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Calculate the mass of propane that has been used

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Max Nozzle Size to Reach 35m: Solving the Fire-Hose Puzzle

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Doppler effect wavelength from car

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Finding theta in 160cosθ/cos40° + 160sinθ - 200 = 0

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Can Static and Kinetic Friction Prevent a Car Crash?

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Optical Path length in core fiber of fiber optic faceplate

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Does water level change when dropping a rock from a boat into a pool?

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Answer Relative Time Travel Question: What Speed to Remain 21 for 10 Years?

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Calculating TNT Needed to Match Energy of 1 Gram U-235

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Statics : Force on Equilibrium Problem

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Charged particle in magentic field problem

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Is the Work Calculation for Overcoming Friction Correct?

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Calculating Frequency of Siren in Windy Conditions

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Missing gravity and kinetic friction

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How Do You Find the Y-Coordinate of a Parabola's Vertex?

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Can an object lose weight just by moving higher above the Earth?

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Collisions: Understanding Conservation of Momentum

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Energy of an electron at 0.1c and when to consider relativity

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What are the physics involved a in backflip?

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Determining the voltage of a power source

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How to use H=mcΔT to find calories burned warming ice water

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Binding energy per nucleon vs per electron in deuterium

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Experimental Determination of Speed of Sound in Steel and Aluminum Rods

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Pulley System- equation derivation

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Maximum compression of the spring

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