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Where Is Zero Gravity Between Earth and Moon?

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Motion with Uniform Acceleration

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Tom and Jerry Space Travel: Calculating Speed & Weight

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Two antenas (two waves wih the same frequency)

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Rate of Change of electric field

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Pressure on Bottom of Test Tube: 71.442 Pa

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Finding volume and density from spring scale readings in water

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Finding the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction

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Vector Situation: Find Shortest Time A to B (1000km)

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Where does the -2 come from in Δp_x = -2mv cos(θ)?

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Reducing Energy in an RC Capacitor: Solving for Discharge Time

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What is the induced emf in a coil with changing magnetic field?

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Current density in wires connected in series

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Total Capacitance. Parallel or Series?

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Find the total gravitational potential energy of this system?

  • mattloverss
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Solving the F16 Jet Fighter Turning Circle Puzzle

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What is the minimum sampling rate for a 3KHz bandwidth audio system?

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Problem relating to the Heisenberg's Principle

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Physics power question frustrating me

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Maximum kinetic energy of oscillating mass on spring

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Electric circuit with resistors in series

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Equation of motion with linear acceleration and velocity-squared drag

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Wavelength from diffraction grating with 5950 lines/cm at 18°

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Finding final pressure in isothermal free expansion with piston

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Lorentz Transformation/Time Dilation

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What Is the Maximum Force to Apply on a Sled Before a Penguin Slips Off?

  • sonic91
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Calculate Tension in String for Frequency of 120Hz

  • thereddevils
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Catapult Question: Force of Friction & Kinetic Energy

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Work Done by Tension: 2m Rope, 150g Tennis Ball

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Distance between the sun and earth

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Meter Circuit: Calculating Scale Reading with and without Additional Resistor

  • thereddevils
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Thermodynamics, heat in a copper cube transfer to water

  • thereddevils
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Electrical Potential of Semicircle Insulating Wire

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Spring question(just need answer checked)

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A particle accelerating in both magnetic and electric fields

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Solve Motion Question for Frictionless Rollercoaster

  • blueparukia
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Mass spectrometer velocity selector potential difference

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Centripedal acceleration and force question

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Acceleration of 2.0kg Block: Solve Forces/Tension Problem

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Thermodynamics - Find temperature of air in balloon

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Finding Earth-Moon distance from orbital period and surface gravity

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Two Slit Interference Question

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How Is Heat Transfer Calculated in a Cylindrical Tube with Insulation?

  • joemama69
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Ratio of translational velocity to rotational velocity.

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Energy conservation and string tension problem

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Conservation of energy-Moving Charges

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Angular velocity of a falling rod?

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What is the area of the sun's image on the paper?

  • jacksonpeeble
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Understanding Transistor Voltage Amplification

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Which of the following are units of momentum?

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Ferris wheel Rotational Kinematics Question

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Difference between potential difference and voltage difference

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Charge on capacitors each with a battery

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Momentum Qs: Find Girl & Skateboard Velocity After Jump

  • crosbykins
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What was the speed of the Camaro after colliding with an Escort?

  • sloanmp
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How Much Kinetic Energy is Stored in the Spring After a Collision?

  • sloanmp
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How do pendulum length and location affect period and timekeeping?

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Temperature(thermal radiation transfer)

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Solving x+y=12 and xy=35 for two unknowns

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Which ball has the highest velocity just before ground

  • Sutitan
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What is the result of rotating an ellipse with eccentricity n2/n1 in optics?

  • fluidistic
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Car climbing a hill: work, speed, and power with energy conservation

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Finding Current in a Circuit with 3 Switches

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Dynamics - sled up a hill with several angles?

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Relative vectors - how do you determine?

  • Trooper100
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Finding potential difference across resistor and battery internal resistance

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Finding Constant A for Independent Electric Field between Two Spheres

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Conservation of energy in elastic collision

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How to Calculate the Number of Moles in a Gas Using the Ideal Gas Law?

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Relating B and E in an electromagnetic wave

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Creating Friction Force vs. Normal Force Graph

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Why are there discrepancies in my circuit evaluation?

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Calculating Radial Acceleration in Olympic Hammer Throw

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How Does Charging a Ball Affect Its Pendulum Motion?

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Miser's Gold: A Frozen Pond Rescue Plan

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Recombination frequency and map units for two genes

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Hanging Mass Acceleration and Tension Force

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Two-ball collision with one ball moving at 30 degrees north

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Determining impulse on baseball from bat given velocity change

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Solving for Current in Resistor 2 at t = 4.00 ms

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Why Doesn't Light Increase in Mass at High Speeds?

  • idiosyncratic
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Finding induced emf in a decaying inductor current

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I hope that helps. How far will Lisa compress the spring?

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Why Does Rotating Around the Y-Axis Require Less Work Than the Z-Axis?

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Solve Vector Plane Problem: Airplane to Lake 250 km Away

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Understanding Electric Field and Potential in Capacitors

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Range of wavelength from white light through a diffraction grating

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Rotation problem solved with conservation of energy.

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Magnitude/direction of the ball's acceleration

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Calculating Height of Stone Dropped from Rising Hot Air Balloon

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Calculating Work, Thermal Energy, and Heat Transfer for Hydrogen Gas

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Why Newton's third law forces don't cancel out

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Calculating Potential Energy Changes in a Roller Coaster System

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Finding how long a cyclist takes to stop after braking

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What is the temperature at the end of the process ?

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Capacitors: charge, potential difference and stored energy

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