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Maximum speed for a vehicle to pace another at constant velocity

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Eddy current losses - solid/laminated cores

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Up, anti-up quark annihilation Feynman diagram

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Moment of inertia and kinetic energy of a rotating particle

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Speed of 4.00 kg block before hitting floor using energy methods

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Finding unknown resistance and EMF in a three-resistor circuit

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Toy car flywheel energy and angular velocity

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How Do You Calculate Energy Delivered to an Inductor Over Time?

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Tour Submarine: Deep View 66 Can Descend to What Depth?

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Electric field from exponential charge density using Gauss' law

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Pressure of person on chair Question

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How Is Buoyancy Calculated for a Cube Suspended in Mercury and Water?

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Calculating Current in a Rotating Loop Using Faraday's Law

  • satchmo05
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Finding the mach number of an aircraft

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Focal Length of Lens: Solving for f with Object and Image Distances

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Calculating Angular Momentum for a Particle Moving in the xy Plane

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Collision Avoidance - Constant Deceleration

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Newton's Law Problem, involves n-t frame or r-t frame

  • jlopez
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Question from simple lens diagram (camera)

  • ZedCar
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Divergence of magnetic flux density

  • Defennder
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Calculating Tension, Work, and Power in Elevator Systems

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Acceleration of 4kg Object w/ Force at 37 Degrees

  • zafer
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How Do You Calculate Object Distance in Lens Equations?

  • sp1974
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Why Is Weight Expressed in Scientific Notation in Physics Problems?

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Question on nuclear/quantum mech. unit of physics, its due 10pm tonight

  • physicsboy321
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Coefficient of restitution factors

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What Frequency Photon Ionizes an Atom from n=2 State?

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How Long Does a Ball Take to Fall Back Down After Being Thrown Upward?

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A conduction coil and 2 resistors

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Spy satellite telescope mirror size for 1-inch angular resolution

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Swinging a Ball on a String: Who is Doing the Work?

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Ratio of masses for maximum energy transfer in elastic collision?

  • gaobo9109
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So, very amateur question regarding element combinations

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Rotational kinematics of a 0.750 m diameter turntable

  • pat666
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Fan blade tip speed after 10 seconds of coasting to stop

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What is the resonator of a trumpet?

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Suspended object moment of inertia

  • pat666
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Magnetic field and wire current

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Quadratic Equations and kinetics

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Work to assemble four point charges at square corners

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Six rotational and projectile motion problems

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Mechanical energy/efficiency problem

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Recirculating DE Mixture Problem

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How Large Will the Air Bubble Be When It Reaches the Surface?

  • mparsons06
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Projectile motion fountain question

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Determination of Grease Viscosity Using Sliding Block Experiment

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Why Does the Angular Momentum Change When the Wheel is Turned Upside Down?

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Maximum velocity of circular motion

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Bucket falling from cylinder: tension, speed, time and axle force

  • pat666
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Calculating time constant in RC circuit

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How Does a Changing Magnetic Field Affect Nearby Electric Fields?

  • DeadFishFactory
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Potential energy stored in a spring

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Angular Acceleration: Understanding [omega]^2/Time

  • Tom83B
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What height is KE equal to PE for a 4kg ball thrown at 40m/s?

  • zafer
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Potential and kinetic energy of 80kg man on swing at 1/12 period

  • Patrickas
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Calculating Volume Change for an Air Bubble Rising from Depth

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Calculating Spring Constant and Work Done on a Compressed Spring

  • member 247426
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Orbiting Satellite Energy Conservation

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Calculating No-Load Voltage for DC Generator

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Calculating Maximum Elevation of Top Ball After Collision

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Find Initial Angle to Hit Target 100m Away with Rifle at 30deg Angle

  • Crebble32
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Boy Sliding Down Frictionless Ice: Conservation of Energy

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Calculating Power: Torque on a 20 Kg Rod Pivoted at 6m | 500 Rad Rotation

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Shrodinger equation/Particle in a box

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Finding the total gravitational potential energy of a gas cloud

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Coefficient of kinetic friction, need today

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Probability of finding a particle given psi squared graph

  • Linus Pauling
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Angular Speed: Man Moves 2m from Turntable Center

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Simple Harmonic Motion - position

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With two provided metals, find which one is the magnet.

  • BraedenP
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Solving for y-intercept on a wavefunction graph

  • Linus Pauling
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Finding angular acceleration of 2 masses on a rod

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Pully/block system on an incline

  • b577phaty
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Efficiency of Power Line Transmission

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Calculate Velocity of Skydiver: Mass M, Air Drag Coefficient D

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Find mass of steam using the 'Ideal Gas Equation'.

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Tuning a Trumpet for Cold Weather Performance

  • crosbykins
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Frequency of Photons in Hydrogen Gas: 100 Electrons in n=3 Orbit

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Why is l=3 for the orbital angular momentum of a hydrogen 6f state?

  • Linus Pauling
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What Volume Flow Rate Keeps Pressures Equal in a Bending Pipe System?

  • rechitzy
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Where Does a Particle in Harmonic Motion Have Maximum Speed?

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(Very) Short Question on Nuclear Reaction

  • bleedblue1234
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Energy and pulleys (Atwood's machine i think)

  • pat666
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How is lateral displacement (reflection/refraction) derived?

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Finding Q(point charge) with an angle, mass, and radii only

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Calculating Velocity After a Force is Applied

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Finding Velocity After Sliding with Work-Energy Equations

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Collision between ball and stick

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