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Total charge given potential V(r)

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Compressional stress needed to prevent thermal expansion in steel beam

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Gas bottle cooling and diver bubble expansion

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Designing a Small Ski Lift: Facts and Assumptions

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Snell's law through three layers?

  • MCATPhys
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Centripetal accelerations with two parallel axes - the Scrambler

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Current electricity and terminals of a cell

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String Tension not sure on the answer i have.

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What's the difference between emission and absorption?

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Force between two point charges 4 cm apart

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Finding Young's Modulus and Energy Stored in an Elastic Cord

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Solving Piston with String Homework: Volume, Pressure, Temperature & Work

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Calculate Vertical Loop on Roller Coaster for 5G Limit

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Calculating the Vertical Height of Stairs Climbed by a 65.0 kg Student

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Maximum velocity and acceleration for 200mm oscillation at 6Hz

  • daveiejbeer
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Where Should the Fulcrum Be Placed to Balance the Meter Stick?

  • pat666
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Human Bone Youngs Modulus and Load Question

  • ElBell
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Sketch the displacement of the string

  • bon
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How do forces on an anchor change in a dynamic belay situation?

  • rambo5330
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Vector problem, determining angle

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Particle acceleration in electrical field

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How to work out this Acceleration

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Thermal Expansion of a copper sphere

  • ElBell
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Minimum black hole mass to survive tidal forces at event horizon

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Work required to move capacitor plates

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Why Is the Mechanical Energy of a Satellite Negative?

  • songoku
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What do A, B, and C represent in the kinematic equation Y = At² + Bt + C?

  • mlostrac
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How Does a Mass Move on a Frictional Incline After a Spring Release?

  • Kavinson22
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How Far Did the Stuntwoman Fall Based on Doppler Shift Analysis?

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How Does a Charged Particle Behave in a Magnetic Field?

  • BruceEffect
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Answer Kinetic Energy Questions About an Asteroid Moving in Space

  • sponsoredwalk
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Kid on roller blades pushed from wall with friction

  • koonts
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Centripetal acceleration on Earth

  • daysrunaway
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Solving a System of ODEs in Mass-Spring Dynamics

  • bon
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Work Energy Problem Homework: Find v'B, W & in eV

  • Mirth
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Finding the Angle of Incidence for Light Inside a Prism

  • MCATPhys
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Proof of fundamental Poisson-brackets

  • substance90
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Finding optimal kick angle for soccer ball using projectile motion

  • Bmxican
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Find Initial Velocity: Time = 2.58s, Distance = 9.87m

  • Jillypilly9
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Centripetal force or escape velocity?

  • daysrunaway
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Angle of Inclination of Line in Vector Equation

  • Cuisine123
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How Can I Easily Remember IGCSE Formulae?

  • Cheesus128
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Roller Coaster Physics and Energy

  • sromick
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Electric Field of Equilateral Triangle of Point Charges

  • SD2014
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Bungee Jump: 65 kg, 11m Rope, 36m Fall

  • getalifebaby
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What is the centripetal force acting on a truck going around a circular path?

  • physics(L)10
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CRT High Voltage: Why Does It Need It?

  • doc.madani
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Wave travel time on string supporting a block on incline

  • jwbehm
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Finding resistor and inductor values from DC and AC measurements

  • Dita
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Coefficient of Friction / Speed on incline.

  • NoobertNoClue
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Potential Difference and spark plug

  • CFrazzle
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How Much Charge Moves a Block from 0.3m to 0.4m?

  • getalifebaby
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What is the minimum radius for safe circular flight?

  • DJB1991
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Electric Flux Entering Cone of Radius r and Height h

  • jyothsna pb
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Coefficient of Static Friction error (Lab)

  • mlostrac
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Force, Velocity, and Ramp Problem?

  • cheerspens
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How Fast Will the Ball Move at Point A After the String Breaks?

  • cheerspens
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How Does a Refrigerator Affect Room Temperature Over Time?

  • irycio
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How High Will Block A Rise After Sudden Platform Stop?

  • cheerspens
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Average power output of machine

  • Mar17
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Kinetic and Potential Energy of Baseball Graphing Question

  • 1man
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Can You Set a Swing Going with 33 ft/s?

  • lisa1234
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Calculating the Direction of a Block's Travel from Multiple Forces

  • MCATPhys
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Circular Motion/Conservation of energy problem

  • ahsanxr
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Diffraction Grating Maximum Order

  • silence98
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Minimum diameter fluid dynamics

  • pat666
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Why Is My Calculation of Maximum Stretch in Simple Harmonic Motion Incorrect?

  • fishingspree2
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Calculate 1st 3 Energy Levels for Electron in Quantum Well

  • ryukyu
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A car is slowing down at a constant pace

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Difference between orbits and orbitals in atomic models

  • Cudi1
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Centripetal acceleration at equator due to Earth's rotation

  • physics(L)10
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How do electric and magnetic waves affect each other?

  • MCATPhys
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Coefficient of friction (static and kinetic)

  • HALPiEExx3
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Rotational Dynamics - moment of inertia finding

  • pat666
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How Can You Calculate Total Distance Traveled Without Integration?

  • Mola
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Orbital radius vs period question

  • cheeselover87
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Projectile Motion of a Shot Problem

  • hanlon
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How Do You Solve Projectile Motion Problems in Physics?

  • patpatboy2
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Calculate Thermal Power Output of Electric Furnace

  • Windseaker
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Net Force on a Sled: 17.7 m/s^2 at 68.5°

  • MCATPhys
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Solve Physics Homework: Bunjee Jump Question

  • PhysicsTurkey
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Finding I3 and V5 in a circuit problem

  • superaznnerd
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What is the speed of a block sliding on a plank when it comes to rest?

  • physics(L)10
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Doppler effect on a police car?

  • MCATPhys
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Finding effective resistance and current in a circuit with 12V across AD

  • superaznnerd
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What Is the Tension in a Clothesline with a 46 N Load at Its Center?

  • daysrunaway
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Why does a lamp light when a capacitor with an insulating gap is in series?

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Average Upward Force on Amusement Ride Rider

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Calculating Projectile Trajectory Without Air Resistance

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The train eventually passes the car

  • 1irishman
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Barbara's Mass: How a Scale Reads in Different Situations

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