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Speed and Speed of Light and Decay

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What is the Magnitude of the Force on a Block on a Horizontal Surface?

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Thermodynamics: Calculating Outside Temperature of a Greenhouse with Heat Loss

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Solving Hooke's Law Problem: Find Delta l

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Finding the Other Force on a Moving Particle

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Current needed through solenoid to produce given B field

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How much heat is added to the gas when it is compressed suddenly?

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Finding density of object and oil from weighing in water and oil

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How to Calculate Heat Loss in a Freezer Door Handle

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Average power during Reginald Esuke's 62.25 minute mountain descent

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Voltage/Circuits Statements False?

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How Close Must You Stand to Not Hear Sound from Two Separated Speakers?

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Critical angle for total internal reflection with n1=1.3, n2=1.6

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What Is the Coefficient of Friction for a Toboggan with Added Weight?

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Force between two long parallel conductors

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Atwood's fall machine w. sylinder (again?)

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Compare the distribution of electric charge on the two rods

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Wavelength^2 vs. Tension (graph/conceptual)

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Speed/dist./time problem (need to find average speed)

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Understanding Frequency in Open and Closed Organ Pipes

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Electricity-sweater physisc problem

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What is the correct way to apply Kirchhoff's rules to this circuit?

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Electric field at a point within an infinite volume charge distribution

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How Do You Calculate Maximum Acceleration of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator?

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Angular Simple Harmonic Motion of Wheel

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How to find planks constant from a given graph?

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Distance travelled by wave at whichamplitude decreases

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How do frequency, wavelength and period relate to wave motion?

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Distance of alpha particle to gold nucleus

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Magnetic field between two wires (vector sums)

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Coil length or Solenoid length?

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Why do velocities need to be the same for maximum spring compression?

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Final Velocity Calculation for a Struck Ball

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Does Heating Affect Molecular Vibrational Frequencies?

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Local Sidereal Time of Observation.

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How Does Relativity Explain Shorter Travel Times at High Speeds?

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Projectile Launcher, large current, closed loop, magnetic field

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Light Polarization at the Beach: Understanding Sunbathers' Vision

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Center of momentum for particle collision

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Deceleration Vs time and distance

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What is the integral of a thin rod's electric field?

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Deriving the bright fringe formula in double slit optics

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Solenoid Passing through square coil-Finding electric field

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Stopping a potter's wheel with a wet rag (angular momentum and friction)

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The electric field inside a shell with a charge at the center?

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Power dissipated in circuit when voltage/current out of phase

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Bucket on a spool falls into a well (angular velocity)

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Bullet fired at a Hinged door (rotational velocity problem)

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Kinetic energy of an ionized electron

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Why Do Electrons Move in Spiral Trajectories Within a Magnetic Field?

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Find Angle of Two Forces in 2D Motion

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Calculating Properties of a Transverse Wave on a Rope

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Size of Force between two Point Charges

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Superposition principle(circuits)

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Wavelength of a laser exciting H atom from n =2 to n = 5

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How to Create a Bisection Method Program for Arbitrary Functions?

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Numerator of Lorentz velocity transformation for v_x = u

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Is it possible that either A or B can be true after a collision?

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Calculating Driving Force on a Conveyor Belt with Baggage Load?

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A car experiences uniform acceleration

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Velocity of jack-o-lantern in 2D projectile motion

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Solving for Error in Y: A Math Problem

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What is the electric potential at the center of the semicircle?

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How much energy is released in a matter-antimatter annihilation event?

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Potential due to electric dipole

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Is the Internal Resistance of the Voltmeter Accurate in Series Circuit?

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Fluids Archimedes principle apparent weight question

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Time dilation problem: rocket to star 5 light years away

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Maximum travelling distance of car from 1 L of fuel

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Calculating Magnitude of Vector Product of Two Vectors

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Parallel Sheets and Electric Fields

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RLC Circuit- Find average power in circuit

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What is the Coefficient of Friction Between a Book and the Floor?

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Relativistic velocity of probe with four reference frames

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Work Done by T1 and T2 in Lowering a Piano

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How Cars Accelerate - A Physics Explanation

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle for a moving ball

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Finding maximum force from a particle's changing velocity

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Calculating uncertainty in a problem?

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Asteroid impact speed and change in Earth's day length

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Potential difference and a conductor

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Answer Age of Rock: 1.7*10^9 Years

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Kinetic Energies of Particles in Nuclear Decay

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Conservation of energy of three spring system.

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How Can I Determine the Weights of Fish A, C, and D in Mobile Equilibrium?

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Converting base 10 to Roman Numerals

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Amplitude and intensity of rock concert

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