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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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Value of the shunt resistor in this circuit

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Are these answers correct?

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Validating a Modified Biot-Savart Law

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Rotational Motion Problem with Varying Centripetal Force and Friction

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Boundary conditions in dielectric problems

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Balance length for a potentiometer circuit

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Why don't connected metal spheres distribute charge equally?

  • lightlightsup
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Calculating the current through this load resistor

  • Bolter
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Uncertainty for n using calculus

  • SHAWN JAMES
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Working out the shunt resistance for a galvanometer circuit

  • Bolter
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Regarding the work done against air resistance

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Finding the center of gravity with torque

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Discharging this capacitor in an RC bridge circuit

  • Karl Karlsson
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Finding the resistance of this shunt resistor

  • Bolter
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Can a Simple Formula Estimate Train Energy Consumption?

  • george95
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Flow Rate (Q) of Viscous Flow between Two Plates

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Finding distance traveled up slope with friction

  • MathDestructor
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Image position in an optical system?

  • nordmoon
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Angular velocity of a bullet and two masses

  • Like Tony Stark
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Torque on a rotating system system

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Fraction of valence electrons free for conduction

  • jisbon
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Finding net force on charge with Coulomb's law

  • r-swald
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Reaction force acting at the wheels of cars when turning

  • Like Tony Stark
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Location where the electric potential is zero between charges

  • songoku
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Correct statement about a concave mirror

  • songoku
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Angular Momentum Conservation in Spacecraft Orbits

  • Like Tony Stark
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How can I make a simple inductive MHD thruster in water simulation?

  • fRod57
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Measuring the Distance between the Fringes of a Diffraction Grating

  • KDPhysics
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Energy conservation for objects hanging from a pulley

  • agusb1
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Velocity of a 1-kg block after it has dropped 0.54 m

  • volcore
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Young's modulus question with answer notation issue

  • chriscarson
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dilution calculation using c1v1 formula

  • Ifrah tahir
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Determining the resistivity of intrinsic Germanium

  • jisbon
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How to calculate power output of a car accelerating uphill

  • Carrie9
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Can High Activation Energy Explain the Rapid Discharge of Capacitors?

  • volodymyr379
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Relative velocity vector addition with negative components

  • LR5
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How to link frequency and speed? Doppler effect

  • greg_rack
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Calculating electron drift velocity

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Water flowing out of a tank through a hole

  • brotherbobby
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Mechanics Problem using Polar Coordinates

  • MathDestructor
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How Much Weight Can the Air-Conditioning Unit on a Sloped Roof Hold?

  • dust66
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Swimmer crossing river at angle to current analogy

  • aj_17
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Transition from Elastic to Inelastic collision

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Thin film interference with 100nm thickness at visible wavelengths

  • jisbon
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How do I find the other charge using electric potential?

  • moeug1999
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Ohm's law and Kirchoff — What am I missing?

  • vlady66
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Is the angular acceleration of this rod constant?

  • Prabs3257
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Electric Potential at A and B: Find the Answer

  • moeug1999
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Coulomb's Law: Solving Problems with Electric Charges

  • moeug1999
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How do I solve this equation my professor gave me?

  • moeug1999
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Plano-convex lens with phase changes

  • jisbon
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How intensity and amplitude depends from a distance r

  • AndreAo
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Working out the current flow in a wire

  • Bolter
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Young's experiment - lowering the light intensity of one slit

  • Eitan Levy
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Solving Cross Section Confusion: Adding Positive and Negative Ions

  • arrozito
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Minimum frequency for a point to have maximum amplitude in standing wave

  • Eitan Levy
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Charge enclosed within different radii in a diagram

  • jisbon
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Circular motion when magnetic force points into the page

  • jisbon
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Finding distance between Earth and Moon in gravitational fields

  • Bolter
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Kinematics - finding the time when two moving objects meet

  • yurono
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Ampere's law -- application with two conducting loops

  • Physicslearner500039
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Thermal expansion (surface area)

  • jisbon
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Speed of sound in an ideal gas

  • greg_rack
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Kinetic energy and momentum in circular paths

  • Like Tony Stark
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[SR] - Test Particle inside the Sun's Gravitational Field - Part 4

  • Athenian
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Initial velocity given time and angle

  • LR5
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Energy band gap when there is an electric field

  • jisbon
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Spring force question with a mass suspended on a spring

  • Amik
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How to Determine the Final Velocity of an Iron Block?

  • volcore
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Weight of water with objects floating

  • brotherbobby
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When do I include the Earth's radius in questions involving satellites?

  • checkerboard
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Mechanics problem — Car moving with constant acceleration

  • Vortex8380
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Finding magnetic field from triangular current distribution using Ampere's law

  • Physicslearner500039
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Sound reflection from wall with absorption loss

  • classicswiss
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[SR] - Test Particle inside the Sun's Gravitational Field - Part 2

  • Athenian
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Are planar wavefronts spatially and temporally coherent?

  • Navid
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[SR] - Test Particle inside the Sun's Gravitational Field - Part 3

  • Athenian
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How Do Symmetrical Charges Affect Net Electric Field in a Circle?

  • jisbon
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Is the tuba an open or closed pipe?

  • songoku
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What is the change in entropy of the water in a reversible heat engine?

  • Pouyan
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Calculation involving the reactance of a combination

  • etotheipi
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Number of photons emitted by a laser

  • songoku
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Wavelength used in double slit experiment

  • songoku
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Correct statement regarding the load vs length graph of a rubber band

  • songoku
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How can I calculate the tension force?

  • elleo
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How to determine the angles using geometry (specific example)

  • bolzano95
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How Does the Relativistic Rocket Equation Describe Velocity?

  • shinobi20
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Working out the current and voltage in a circuit

  • Bolter
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Why is the reaction force inclined on a smooth surface but perpendicular at corners?

  • Like Tony Stark
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Charged proton enters an electric field

  • physicsundergrad123
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Work done to reach the point where the gravitational potential is zero

  • Bolter
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Time dilation between two frames

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Refraction at grazing incidence

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