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Finding time for constant acceleration over 28.96 km

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Calculate the tension of the blocks

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Acceleration of gravity problem

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Work done by force with given component vectors

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Distance Question: 11kg Block Sliding Down 24° Frictionless Slope

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How to Calculate Uncertainty for Electrical Fields?

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What Does the Negative Sign Indicate in the Mo Formula on HyperPhysics?

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SHM of Mass Oscillating between Two Identical Springs

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Box of nails sliding down a 23° roof with friction

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How Do You Calculate the Spring Constant with Kinetic Friction Involved?

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What is the distribution of forces on a swimming pool springboard?

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Apparent mass (specific gravity)

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Deriving Equation: S=W-W2/W-W1=M/M1-M2

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Parallel Capacitors and Voltage Distribution

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Calculating Work Done by a Variable Applied Force

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How High Was the Ball Thrown From the Building?

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How Many Air Molecules Did Sir Isaac Newton Breathe in His Lifetime?

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Calculating diamter of wire that will blow if current exceeds 1A

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How do I find velocity from acceleration?

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Intensity at axis point for circular aperture diffraction at 180 cm

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Power dissipation in resistive circuit

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Buoyancy force on a 20cm iron cube submerged in water

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Find Force to Submerge Ball: 900 kg/m^3, 0.03 m^3

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What is the potential difference between points a and b?

  • shimizua
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Brake System (Torque and Friction)

  • zewei1988
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How Does Removing Bulb C Affect the Brightness of Bulbs A and B?

  • JJBladester
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Calculating Thermal Power Produced by Friction for a Sliding Rock

  • Thesnail
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Plotting horizontal displacement against launch angle

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Calculating percent error in a lab

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Area Moment of inertia of a circular wire

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Expressions for the group velocity

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Resistance between ball and bowl

  • Piglet1024
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Why should I use conservation of energy?

  • zewei1988
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Finding work and temperature change for ideal gas expansion

  • SAT2400
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Force to cover distance with drag calculation

  • gbaygon
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Square Plate Parallel, with angle, Capacitance Problem

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Can Electrons Leave a Circuit Through an Open Branch?

  • PhysicsMark
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Not sure what the initial temperature is

  • Gemy4
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Linear momentum and energy problem

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Spinning ball bounces off ground, following curved trajectory

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Impulse and momentum of a golf ball

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Force Pushing a Block on a Rough Surface

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Heat Transfer and Temperature Equilibrium in a Mixed Substance System

  • balllla
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Phys book on level of Halliday in style of Spivak

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Three body, equal mass star system

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Conducting Spheres in Electrostatic Equilibrium

  • the-alchemist
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Electric Potential Energy Question - Distance Between Charges and Ratio?

  • GymBobClan
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Atwood Machine: Reduce Exp Errors By Stabilizing Masses

  • wiccabean21
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How to solve for power in a piano wire wave problem?

  • DGalt
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How Can a Grasshopper Jump 1 Meter Starting from Rest?

  • Who,me?
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Electric Field due to Capacitor Plates

  • Keano16
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Hydrogen gas bombarded by electrons

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How Do You Calculate Forces in a Pin-Jointed Truss?

  • iviv
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Can a hypothesis be partially verified?

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Mean free path of electron in gas.

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What Causes Tension Changes in a Vertical Circle Motion?

  • matthayzon89
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De Broglie wavelength of an electron

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Relativistic Stick: Can the Hole Contract Enough?

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Magnetic Field of rectangular current loop

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Projectile: Find range, given two displacement points

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Finding average force from impulse and collision time

  • noname1
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Solving Three Charges: Find Force on Q2

  • jmatthews1991
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How Does a Spider Affect the Angular Speed of a Turntable?

  • Belladonna
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What Is Jack's Initial Velocity When He Fell?

  • SoConfused__
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Angular Motion - calculating rad.s and rev.min

  • fionahanson
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How can I calculate projectile distance with limited information?

  • lukus09
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What Is the Current in a Nichrome Tube Connected to a 4V Battery?

  • Kittlinljd
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Conservation of energy problems on different planets

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Square loop of wire surrounding a solenoid

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What is the kinetic energy of the proton?

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Finding launch angle for projectile with elevated launch height

  • rajesh.msen
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How Is XOR Implemented Using Only NAND Gates?

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Velocity of standing waves and boundary conditions on a string

  • joe:)
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What is the Surface Charge Density for a Spherical Cavity?

  • Clancy
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Newtonian Mechanics: Falling Parachutist Problem

  • bobey
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Truck vs Tree (first week physics woes)

  • youagain
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What is the Coefficient of Friction for a Pulley System on an Incline?

  • funnylord
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Projectile motion using conservation of energy problem

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How Do You Solve the Tension Problem in a Multi-Mass System?

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Linear momentum change of bouncing cue ball at 30°

  • noname1
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Static equilibrium, diving board

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Projectile motion of a rolling ball

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Find and calculate current in a circuit

  • choco_moo
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Effective Resistance of an Infinitely Long Ladder of Resistors

  • malindenmoyer
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Two loudspeakers at (2m, 0) and (−2m, 0) with 15m wavelength

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Charge on pendulum due to electric field

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Conservation of Energy and Momentum in Photon-Electron Interactions

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A few questions, conservation of energy

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