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Direction of Rolling/Sliding Friction

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Work Bicycle Problem: Calculate Work Done in Each Stroke

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How Is Impulse Calculated in Volleyball Spiking?

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What is the Direction of the Magnetic Field Needed to Levitate a Copper Rod?

  • matt72lsu
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How Long Can the Climber Hang Before the Rock Falls?

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Induced current in moving Mercury

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How Do You Calculate the Mass of a Trailer Using Newton's Second Law?

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Calculating Current and Torque in a Rectangular Loop

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Carnot Engine Work Output w/Monatomic Gas: 288K to 497K

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Maximum altitude of a rocket in 2D motion and free body motion

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Surface Integral Homework: A.n dS in Plane 2x+y=6, z=4

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Confused about Grade 12 Physics Questions? Get Help Here!

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Calculating Forces When Bouncing a Ball

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Solve Kinematic Problem: Mountain Climber Throws Stones

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Gravitational Forces and Motion in a System of Four Bodies

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Determining the weight of an object, given force to move it

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How to Convert a 8V Voltmeter to 20V with Same Ohms per Volt Rating?

  • kihr
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Homework help- electrical resistance

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Distance after pushoff between two objects

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Perpendicular Inelastic Collision

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Deriving Projectile Motion Equations from Initial Conditions

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How Is Work Calculated in Gravitational Fields?

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How do I find the acceleration of a crate based on weight?

  • spider3367
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Magnetic Fields and Two circular loops of wire

  • PhilCam
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Deriving Projectile Motion Equations

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What is the acceleration when the spring compression is greatest?

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Charges betweenand outside parallel sheets

  • Linus Pauling
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Magnetism (Current-Carrying Wires)

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Hanging box - radius, length, mass, speed

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Kinematics, Acceleration on negative side of x axis

  • PSchoenburger
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Capacitance: 24µF, 30V - Calculate Charge

  • isuck@physics
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Circular Motion and Banked Curves

  • erin.grae
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A problem with finding torque and power associated with two flywheels

  • TeaCup
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Charge density-related question

  • Linus Pauling
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Calculating centripetal acceleration between moon and satelite

  • okgo
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Charge on a glass bead derived from potential difference between 2 points

  • samdunhamss
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Solving for initial velocity Projectile Motion

  • clark1089
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How Do Conservative Forces Affect Potential Energy and Velocity?

  • PennStateFan1
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Calculating angular displacement of clockhands

  • DeeAussie
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Why Do α and ω Lack Vector Signs in My Professor's Derivation?

  • jumbogala
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Electrical force look for my mistake please

  • Number1
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Another Magnitude and Direction of resultant force ?

  • waterwalker10
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Energy conversation and friction

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What Torque is Needed to Prevent a Rod from Rotating?

  • aligass2004
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What Is the Maximum Velocity of a Particle on a Tensioned String?

  • oldunion
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Net work problem (attempted solution)

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Number of Nodal Lines in Two-Point Interference Pattern

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Frequency, Time, Wavelength = Doppler Effect

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Is there a way to find out the theoretical stretch of an elastic band?

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Periods of Light Waves: Red & Blue

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Mass-spring system on an incline

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Potential Function from a simple conservative force

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Can You Catch the Bus If It Starts Accelerating While You're Running to It?

  • mat331760298
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Some more easy problems (Help greatly appreciated)

  • SoulInNeed
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Coefficient of static friction with radius, speed, etc. given

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What is your acceleration towards the end of the cliff?

  • mat331760298
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What is the tension in the cord connecting the two blocks at this instant?

  • huybinhs
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Football Throw - Could be Relative Motion?

  • erok81
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What is the Coefficient of Static Friction for a Car on a Circular Track?

  • Bearbull24.5
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Kinetic Energy and Magnetic Fields

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Can Helicopters Use Earth's Rotation to Save Time?

  • optoracko
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Jet Engine Sound Intensity Calculation with Absorption Effects

  • JazzCarrot
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Fluid Force Direction on Airfoil: Compressor vs. Turbine Design

  • krnhseya
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Force exerted by a magnetic field

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Adding a dielectric to capacitors

  • Physics197
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What is the tension in a hanging chain problem?

  • huybinhs
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Finding Reactions on Members Supported by Forces

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How much water does the cube displace?

  • STLFAMILY
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Real Life Applications of Circular Motion involving Liquids

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Determining metres that a frequency produces

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What is the force exerted by one crate on the other?

  • huybinhs
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Determine the coefficient of friction

  • retracell
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Compute the resulting acceleration

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SHM/Pendulum Prob: Solving Last 2 Parts of the Problem

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Friction Forces (Static Friction)

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Finding Velocity for Roller Coaster Homework

  • DanialD
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Solving the Capacitor Circuit: Final Charge on 1.00 micro-F Capacitor

  • azure kitsune
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Physics Lab Uncertainties: Natural Log Method

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Magnetic fields due to currents help

  • Nyasha
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Find the coefficient of friction

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Saturation of Y-Shaped Iron with Permanent Magnet

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Four Wires and y component of magnetic field at center

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Vertical deflection, stress, and strain Help

  • ambnj99
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Dielectric Constant Computation

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Finding phase difference based on distance

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Thermo and Projectile Motion: Bathtub Bather Launch Calculation

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How much work is done to move 1.7 microCoulombs ?

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Initial Velocity of Dog Jumping 0.20 m: 0 m/s

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Grade 12 Kinematics Test Study tips?

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How Fast Will Ms. Reach the Top of the Ramp?

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Understanding the Behavior of a Parallel Plate Capacitor: True or False?

  • Physics197
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Fluid statics specific gravity question

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Electric field strenth question

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Charging a conducting sphere with two currents to reach 5 V

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Free-Body Diagrams: Several Objects and Newton's Third Law

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Radius of the particle? Diffusion Problem

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Current flows through the block of metal

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