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How Do Normal Forces Affect Various Systems in Physics Problems?

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How Do Archery, Helicopters, and Physics Intersect in Competitive Scenarios?

  • greener1993
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So how do you solve for v2?Finding Velocity After Acceleration?

  • SoConfused__
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General Application of Boyle's Law

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Finding final Velocity given mass, force, and displacement

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Young's Slit Interference (Double Slit)

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Simple average speed/average velocity problem

  • SoConfused__
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Finding the speed of a trebuchet

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Determining the Level of Mercury in U shaped tube

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Finding dl in cylindrical coordinates for a curved wire

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Bullet fired upward with air resistance proportional to speed

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Calculating Work Done by a Beaver in Building a Dam

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Normal force - object sliding with velocity

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Hall Effect Experimental Results Issue

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Electric charge on hollow spherical conducting shells Gauss's Law(?)

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What is the pressure of nitrogen when cooled to -5oC?

  • ar202
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Minimum distance for alpha particle approaching zinc nucleus

  • victoriafello
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Positronium atom transition - energy of photon

  • quietrain
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Calculating Mass Increase of Earth in a Day Due to Solar Energy

  • quietrain
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Concerning Elastic collisions and Kinetic energy

  • neeraj93
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Find the work done on a box on an inclined plane

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Why use partial derivatives for power change in a resistor

  • Livethefire
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Coefficient of static friction of clothes

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How Much Work Do Mules Perform Pulling a Barge?

  • mparsons06
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(CHALLENGING )Trigonometry / geometry proof

  • Doctor_Doom
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Force to keep photon in circular motion

  • quietrain
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Stopping a Baseball: Work, Force and Calculation

  • rechitzy
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Calculating Min Work for 800kg Car on 9.0° Incline

  • cmed07
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Finding the tangent acceleration of a car going around a loop.

  • btbam91
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How Can I Prove the Centripetal Force Equation f=mrw^2 Using Experiments?

  • magicjambon
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Why Doesn't This Work - Easy Kinematics

  • erok81
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Gibbs Free Energy of Van Der Waals Gas

  • HalfManHalfAmazing
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What is the reaction of the ground on a ball rebounding from a 5m drop?

  • tongtong1993
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Electric Field Velocities from Point A to Point B

  • drprevet
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Acceleration of an Object Hanging from a Rope on a Moving Boxcar

  • allora_97
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System involving gravity and electric field

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Solving Force of Elevator on Person: 0.6 kN?

  • allora_97
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Calculating Number of Turns Needed for Generator

  • matt72lsu
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Friction and air resistance of a car travelling down a hill

  • lakefall
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Work lifting cable and work pumping water

  • demonelite123
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Finding the Coefficient of Static Friction on a Banked Curve

  • mparsons06
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SHM mass and spring constant with given frequency

  • k77i
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What is the Mass of a Spherical Planet?

  • mparsons06
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Calculating Average Speed and Acceleration for a Fastball

  • ckaybabii
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Why does velocity equal radius times angular velocity?

  • johnps
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Newton's Third Law and Pulley system

  • StephenDoty
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Period of an Electron Around a Magnetic Field

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Calculating the gauge pressure?

  • miamirulz29
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Ice in a bowl - work done by gravity

  • mybrohshi5
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Equation for torque of a cylinder, a hollow cylinder, and a sphere.

  • nlingraham
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Comparing velocities after collisions with springy vs inelastic objects

  • Glorzifen
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Frequency At Amplitude of Voltage Across Capacitor Decreases

  • mmmboh
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Calculating Escape Velocity and Energy Requirements for Ceres

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How is the amount of energy dissipated by friction calculated?

  • cmed07
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Impulse: Clay ball that sticks vs. Rubber ball that bounces?

  • Glorzifen
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Do the current elements I1L1 and I2L2 produce a force on each other?

  • martinezwsu
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Calculating Time and Velocity for Moving Charged Objects

  • Atran
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Mathematica notebook not working

  • Shukie
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Question on work,energy and power

  • matsci0000
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How to Calculate Resistance and Voltage in Combination Circuits?

  • jeffc93
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How Is Impulse Calculated for a Tennis Ball Hitting a Wall?

  • amazondog
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What is the lenght of the lever arm? (when torque and force are given)

  • DeeAussie
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Capacitor size needed to store 20 MW for three days

  • Hotsuma
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What is the Velocity of the Second Ship Relative to the First Ship?

  • jwxie
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Image formed by concave mirror; completed need someone to check

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Two objects are connected by a string of negligible mass

  • bahamut1111
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Finding capacitance/dimensional analysis

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Proof of Gauss's law using coulomb's law

  • demonelite123
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Conservation of momentum problem (I think?)

  • downwithsocks
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How Do You Calculate Heat Transfer in Thermodynamic Cycles?

  • racky tak
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How Do Potential Dividers Work with Constant V(input)?

  • evry190
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A pair of oppositely charged, parallel plates are separated

  • lilkidyea
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Are the columns linear independent?

  • lastlanding
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Calculating Voltage Across R1 in an RC Circuit with a Capacitor

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Frictionles force problem with hanging mass

  • Shapeup
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How Does Motion Affect Sound Frequency and Wavelength Calculation?

  • Ronaldo21
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Solving Physics: Chris the Inventive - Acceleration & Force

  • bahamut1111
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Electric force between balloon and denim separated by 6.0 cm

  • Dumb4Physz
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Smaller and larger resistance in circuit

  • nothingatall
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Electric field of a line charge and point charge

  • GravityGirl
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Frequency heard, need someone to check

  • hodgepodge
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Do two stars with unequal mass exert equal gravitational forces on each other?

  • rilkesorpheus
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Finding Spring Stiffness and Effective Mass for Suspended Beam

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Magnetic flux through the circular cross-sectional area of the solenoid

  • Kourtney0115
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Calculating DeltaE for a Gas Expansion

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Calculating Sound Intensity Levels for a Baby's Parents

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Measuring Laser Beam Intensity: Techniques and Equipment

  • loo23
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Find Value of \alpha for Perpendicular Vector to Plane

  • milan666
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Magnitude and direction of induced current with magnetic field

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Linear Momentum of A System of Particles

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Elastic collision with 3 pool balls

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Finding Unit Normal Vector of 2 Vectors

  • milan666
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What is the significance of graph intercepts in photocell experiments?

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Finding launch angles for a ball to pass through a window

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