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Throwing a baseball while standing on an Asteroid

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Projectile question — Cannonball fired over a hill

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Solving for λ, a, and Vmax: An Analysis of Energy Balance and SHM

  • Naraliya
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What are the correct conditions for Simple Harmonic Motion?

  • Bolter
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How much force does a moving car exert on to the road?

  • MustafaTekinay
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5 charges placed at 5 vertices of a regular hexagon

  • Apashanka
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Using a rope to pull a box across a floor (problem with friction)

  • studentgrade12
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Will the induced electric field be circumferential?

  • Adesh
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Interpreting pie and bar charts

  • BlueKaiza
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Maximum Distance a Projectile Moves Up an Inclined Plane

  • EnricoHendro
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Forces on spheres in a cylinder

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What other information is needed to solve this equation involving b?

  • leomarrg
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Work-energy principle for a block fired up a vertical track

  • Andrew1234
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Thermodynamics energy balance for control volume

  • Andrew1234
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Electrostatics question (Work and Potential)

  • Irishdoug
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Is 51 micro joules the maximum kinetic energy of this pendulum?

  • Bolter
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Time period of a mass spring system

  • Bolter
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Transfer characteristic of this circuit

  • Flying_Dutchman
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Work, Power and Energy assignment marked wrong somehow? :(

  • jordanbeaton
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Net force and moment on a wooden bar fixed at one end

  • brotherbobby
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Working out velocity of particle moving in SHM

  • Bolter
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Ridiculously difficult Newtonian physics problem

  • Mason Pulinthanathu
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How can we solve for both T₂ and m in a system with multiple unknowns?

  • rtareen
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[Equation Validity] - Current Characterization (AC) in Sockets

  • HAgdn
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Work done by a force along the path

  • MyoPhilosopher
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Why Does Calculating Tension in Multiple Blocks Require Different Forces?

  • arianemati
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Why Does Projectile Motion Involve Zero X-Component Acceleration?

  • jamiebean
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Projectile Motion — How far from the gun does the bullet land?

  • Tinkylo
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Pressures in a U Tube along a line - different liquids

  • brotherbobby
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Drum and Cable Problem - Formula and Workings

  • perfexa
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Calculating Moment: Addition of Torque Components

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Resistivity equation relating to equations for resistors

  • lpettigrew
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The Physics of Truck Braking: Why Shorter Distances When Sliding?

  • Andrew1234
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Poisson's equation: Calculating the Laplacian of an electric potential

  • threeonefouronethree
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Behavior of Current in an AC mains wire

  • HAgdn
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Evaluate the electric field for two slabs of charge

  • zelscore
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A derivation of the Vdc in a fullwave rectifier with smoothing?

  • patric44
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Why does the heavier cart get greater velocity than the lighter one?

  • VitaminK
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Tension forces of two wires in comparison to the gravitational force

  • volcore
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Electric field from a charge q1

  • happyparticle
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Meter Stick Lab Systematic Error

  • andacbaba123
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Static friction — Experiment pulling different blocks across a surface

  • Kolika28
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Young's modulus: Stress, Strain and Force for a Steel Bar

  • chriscarson
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How do you find the initial velocity of a projectile given angle/distance?

  • iamcgettigan
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Solving Faraday's Law: 0.73V Induced EMF Help Needed

  • Bolter
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Finding the height of a focus point via ray tracing @ Snell's Law

  • peeballs
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Slip stick motion and a glass harp (singing glasses)

  • fizzyfiz
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The closest approach of two ships

  • gnits
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Revolving disc in a magnetic field

  • Bolter
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Calculating force from stress and Young's modulus

  • chriscarson
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A critically damped simple harmonic oscillator - Find Friction

  • muskaanhamad
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Why is 2Δx = Δy in this problem?

  • UniqUnicJohni
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Flux due to a charge located at the corner of a cube

  • SmartAries
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Calculate the charge flowing in the coil if the field is removed

  • Bolter
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Irodov problem 1.12 — A 3-body gravitational attraction problem

  • John10086
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Where Will Earth's Magnetic Field Cancel a Wire's B-Field?

  • Bolter
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When to use the Lumped Capacitance method in Heat Transfer problems?

  • Sabra_a
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Calculate the Pressure that Shrink film exerts on a cylinder

  • Sjaak
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How do atoms emit different photon energies?

  • Jeff97
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How can I draw a motion diagram?

  • bri_garcia11
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If the projectiles follow the parabolic paths shown, who is hit first?

  • fer Mnaj
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Identity involving the vectors for position, velocity and aceleration

  • fer Mnaj
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Balancing torques with weights hung from a 1 meter rod on a fulcrum

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Uncertainties in a set of measurements

  • KDPhysics
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What Determines the Maximum Slope Before a Cylinder on an Incline Moves?

  • fedecolo
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Three Charges inside a Metal Sphere

  • student49
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How to calculate the Resultant force due to a Lever arm?

  • JPakt
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Group velocity and the dispersion relation

  • Kaguro
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Determining speed at an angle using an energy balance

  • BiggestAfrica
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Kinematics: UAM question help finding final velocity?

  • ebuwsu
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Dimensional Analysis for Multi-Layer Flow Equations

  • Ben_Walker1978
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New full scale deflection of an ammeter

  • Bolter
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Finding the value of this load resistor

  • Bolter
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Calculate the multiplier resistance

  • Bolter
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What is the Correct Value of Multiplier Resistance?

  • Bolter
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Optics: Destructive Interference

  • SHAWN JAMES
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Tips for Successful Online Learning

  • Ras12
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Olympiad Mechanics problem (torque)

  • Ceva
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Isothermal pressure change in a U-shaped tube

  • obstinatus
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Finding the final velocity with quadratic drag

  • CrosisBH
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What is the relationship between wave speed and frequency?

  • Fra Ser Mur Chie
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Entropy change for two masses of water mixed adiabatically

  • LancsPhys14
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Equation for the propagation of the crest of a wave

  • songoku
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'A' Level question on capacitors

  • jezza10181
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Potential difference between the surface of a sphere and a point far away

  • songoku
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Magnetic Fields & Forces on Conductors

  • Jimmy87
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A question involving the Uncertainty Principle

  • V Sri
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Two pendula connected by a spring - normal modes

  • physconomics
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The Q factor of the nuclear reaction problem?

  • patric44
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Calculate the equilibrium concentration of CO2 in beer in grams/liter

  • sci0x
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What is the toll for an electron to escape a metal surface?

  • Jeff97
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Ring attached to elastic and inextensible strings

  • songoku
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Wavelength of the red colour of this helium discharge tube

  • songoku
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Modeling a wingsuit base jumper's speed

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Kinetic Energy of Colliding Protons

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Solving Dependence of Velocity on Time

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