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Reducing the charge Q on an isolated charged conducting sphere to Q/8

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Work and energy for a mass oscillating on a spring

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Why is W = 3/√2 kg for equilibrium in Feynman lecture 2.5?

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Work done on a conical pendulum

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Calculate the period of a ball bouncing between two walls

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The vector sum of the electric forces exerted on a particle

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Two blocks connected with a small string pulled up a ramp by string

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Electrostatics -- A charge oscillating through a charged plane

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Average speed and average velocity

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The Attempt: Captured in a Photo

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Finding frequency and wavelength of waves on a string

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Spectral lines from electron energy transitions in this atom

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Work associated with polarization and magnetization

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What Is the Default Damping Value in PhET's Masses and Springs Simulation?

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What is the meaning of the Δi term in the equation ∑ficosΔi = 0?

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Two Leaning Sticks (Torque Calculation)

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Gauss' law -- Conductor with a cavity

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Finding enthalpy h3 for compressed liquid refrigerant at 1.2 MPa

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Why Is My Calculation of Electrostatic Equilibrium Incorrect?

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Measuring Agreement Between Experimental Values of Constant k

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Power To Accelerate 1000kg Elevator Cab Upward

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Infinite Square Well with polynomial wave function

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"Superball" bouncing between two walls

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The periodic time of an elastic string's oscillation

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Physics: Converging and Diverging Lenses

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Calculating System Work and Displacement of Center of Mass

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Conical pendulum: what are the tension and the angle?

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Galilean transformation equation sign convention

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Three questions on fluid equilibrium from Sommerfeld lectures

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Electric resistance heater: 5.0 L/min water from 10°C to 45°C at 230V

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Radius of the electron orbit in a Hydrogen atom

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Polarization and Light Intensity

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Calculate the pressure using the Van der Waal equation on reduced variables

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Can I determine the phase angle of this equation by using the sin function?

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(Just checking) What's the total resistance?

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Principle quantum number n of the excited state

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2.3 Exercises from the Feynman Lectures on Physics

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Confusion regarding signs in rotational motion

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Conundrums on energy and graphs

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Evaluating an integral from Griffiths electrodynamics

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Gauss Law Problem direction of Area

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Solving Math Problems: Tips & Tricks

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What Happens to Kinetic Energy of the Piston in an Isothermal System?

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Finding mass in natural units with c = 1 and G = 1

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How to Solve the Non-linear Differential Equation in Radial Ink Diffusion?

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USAPhO 2009 F=mA exam #25, (torque, rotational energy)

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Pulling with and without a pulley

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Density from a viscosity experiment

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Projectile motion while playing catch

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Determine the points where the net magnetic field is zero

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Cylinder Rolling Down an Incline Without Slipping

  • Leo Liu
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Torque on a rectangular coil in a uniform magnetic field

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The voltages across capacitors in series

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A CAP question related to Van der Waals equation.

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Echo travel time in air vs salt water near a cliff

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Solve for Echo Time in Saltwater and Air - Physics Problem

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[Magnetism] Determine the direction of the force experienced by a (+)C

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Find EMF of a battery in this circuit

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Finding final g and uncertainty from multiple pendulum measurements

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Series of questions about Special Relativity

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Do M1 and M3 have the same Acceleration?

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Angular momentum of a system of a rotating rod and sliding rings

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Diffraction using a circular aperture

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A sticks to B but B doesn't stick to C: magnetic or iron?

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Induced Charged on a Grounded Sphere

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Destructive interference near two speakers

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A diffraction grating formed by parallel adjacent tracks on a CDROM

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Motion of a Proton in Electric and Magnetic Fields

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Angular position for 2nd order diffraction

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Simple Harmonic motion calculation for a mass on a spring

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Kirchoff's laws and capacitance

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Angular width of first-order visible spectrum

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Speed of sound related to absolute temperature

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Introductory application of the Newton Euler equations to a composite body

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Given these values, determine the mass of the Earth

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Standard deviation vs measurement uncertainty

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Why is the n=1 energy in a semi-infinite well 9/16 that of an infinite well?

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Kirchhoff's law with three resistors and two batteries

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Thermodynamics Problem: Cylinder-Piston System with Friction

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How to Calculate Molecular Diameter?

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Electric field direction on a grounded conducting sphere

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Proving the Wiener-Khinchin theorem

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Why is my calculated steam mass 2.91 kg instead of 291 kg?

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Work Done By a Spring's Restoring Force

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Calculating Capacitance of Two Electrodes with Varying Distance

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Forces in three rods supporting a block

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Formula for calculating the wavelength of sound in interference

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What does 'a distance L apart' mean?

  • Special One
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Diference between cm^3 and cm^-3

  • new90
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Is a mother carrying her baby doing work on the baby?

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Entropy and the Helmholtz Free Energy of a Mass-Piston System

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About changes in a magnetic field

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Heat Transfer - Radiation - Net heat transfer between two mirrors

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