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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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Force exerted by block 1 on block 2 in three-block system

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Work, Energy and Power - Variable Acceleration

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Millikan oil drop experiment potential difference

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Internal Energy of an Expanding Gas

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What Is the Apparent Weight of a Person at the Bottom of a Ferris Wheel?

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Telephone communications (easy question)

  • Physics321
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Potential of Two Charged Spheres

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How Do You Calculate the Magnetic Field Around a Wire?

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Magnetic Field Calculation for Current-Carrying Wire

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The friction force comes from where?

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Torque graph; finding angular velocity

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Finding electric potential using charge density

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How Do You Calculate the Rotation Rate of a Space Station Wheel?

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Calculate the Mass of a Single Match with a Ruler and Matchbox

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Two pulses traveling toward each other at 1 cm/s: shape after 5 seconds

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Mass on spring up a ramp over a chasm

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How to Calculate Forces and Distances for Loaded and Unloaded Lorries?

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What is the coefficient of friction between surface and the mass?

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Dynamic friction and spring force

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Force on a Point Charge: Finding the Location of a Third Charge

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How do I find the Moment of Inertia?

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Elastic collision of a ball on a wire

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How many electrons are transferred?

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Rotational Inertia of Disk2: 16I or 8I?

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Two objects connected by a cord over a pulley

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How Does Charge Distribution Affect Electric Fields in Nested Spheres?

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Relationship Between Different Capacitors for Different Applied Voltages

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Eclipsing binary stars question

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Which statements about circular and elliptical orbits are true?

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Gauss's Law and Finding the electric field

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Finding the Speed of a Mass on an Oscillating Spring

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Finite Well and Schrodinger's Equation

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Work Done by Librarian on 2.2kg Book

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Calculate Magnetic Force (B) for Electron Motion

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Calculating Work and Mechanical Energy - Block on Ramp

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Calculating Minimum Work for a Car on an Incline with Friction

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Speed of car related to momentum

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Voltage of a charged conducting sphere

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Work energy theorem for falling object

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Why are voltages across wires close to zero?

  • Kourtney0115
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Physic:Calculating mass of one rail car?

  • okgo
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Acceleration and Algebra, 2 ppl going towards each other

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Snowball Projectile Motion Calculation: Time, Height, and Velocity

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Gauss's Law - electric flux through a spherical shell

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How can I find the current for each resistor in this circuit?

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Conservative Forces and work done

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Where to place theta when resolving forces into components

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Pushing books - force, kinetic and static friction

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What is the vertical acceleration of the projectile?

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Electric field / net charge on a cylindrical shell

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Resistor currect and voltage drop in a circuit.

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Charged capacitor, electric field

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Accel of Crate Pushed at 30° Below Horizon

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Finding max velocity and altitude of a rocket given thrust and burn time

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Decomposing Matrices into Elementary Matrices: A Reverse Approach

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Calculate the direction and magnitude problem

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Police Car Overtaking Speeder: How to Calculate the Time and Distance?

  • Monocerotis
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Electric field between two charges in 1D

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Find speed with tension, mass given. thanks

  • MissPenguins
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Induced EMF in a Pair of Circular Wires with Changing Magnetic Field

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How Does Pipe Tapering Affect Pressure and Flow Rate in Fluid Dynamics?

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Solving for Lagrangian Forces in Newton's Bucket Problem

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Why different radii give same speed if moment of inertia depends on radius

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Coriolis Force on a Rotating Rifle Barrel

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Spacecraft landing on an alien planet

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Gauss' Law symmetry of charge distribution

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When does average velocity equal instantaneous velocity?

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Inclined planes + vector questions

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How to Calculate Magnetic Field Strength Between Parallel Wires

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Determine g from least squares fit line?

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Newton gravitational potential theory

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Movable mirror of a Michelson interferometer

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Car door shutting at a certain acceleration

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How Long Does It Take a Comet to Travel 80 Degrees Around the Sun?

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Calculating Angle of Deviation in a Prism

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Seemingly easy problem having to do with current?

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What harmonic is obtained in an open pipe with a tuning fork?

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Calculating a Tennis Player's Ball Speed

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Rubber ball swung in vertical circle: energy, speed and tension

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Weight decreased by the combined pull of the sun and moon?

  • bd24
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How Much Work Does a Battery Charger Do to Recharge a 5V Battery?

  • anonymousphys
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Work done by internal forces in gravitation

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How Much Force to Apply When Doubling the Distance of a Mass on a Stick?

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Magnetic field of a proton in circular orbit

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Tension and Weight of Ball (Mg)

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True or false questions about net force and Newton's laws

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Controlled Variables in Exp to determine Refractive Index

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Attempt 2 - Incorrect - 4.50 sBlock on Incline: Calculate μk &Travel Time

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True statements about circular and elliptical orbits

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Atwood machine forces and acceleration true/false

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Finding Heat and Work in a Three-Step Gas Cycle

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