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Determing wavelength of sound wave from steel string

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Solve Tension Problem: 3kg Mass, 5.4kg Brick, 12.01N Friction

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How Do You Solve a Uniform Cantilevered Beam Problem?

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Intensity of sound wave when given sound intensity level.

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Acceleration problem-how to incorporate head starts?

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What Are the Launch Angles for Half the Maximum Range of a Projectile?

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Collision Problem: Masses, Speed, Force

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Determining the change in temperature

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Finding distance to stalled car with train braking data

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Finding launch angle for maximum range when landing 3 meters lower

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Find Tension in Rope: 45deg, No Moments @A

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What is the Relationship Between Currents in Three Branches of a Circuit?

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Overcoming fear

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Height of the two balls collision

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a Block on a Spring

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Where does the 6 come from in F24 calculation

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Using Acceleration to Calculate Gravity

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Tension force with pulleys and weights

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Two questions about Newton's law

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Jump rope: time in air for 14.3 cm jump height

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What is the Maximum Horizontal Distance for a Rooftop Escape?

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Dew Point Calculation and Cloud Formation in Mountain Wind Flow

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Electric force on charge in right triangle with Coulomb's law

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Linear velocity at equator with respect to the sun

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Why Is a Voltmeter Connected in Parallel?

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Electric Potential of 3 point charges

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What is the frequency of the tuning fork?

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Net Gravitational Force on Object #1 with Distances A and B

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Number of molecules on human's body

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Calculating Force in a Frictionless System with Inclined Mass and Wheel

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Finding boat speed after wind gust accelerates it 40° north of east

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Young's double slit experiment with white light and in water

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Linear/Angular Velocity and Acceleration

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Finding tension in wire AB supporting a 75N bird feeder

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Solving Damped Oscillator: Time to Reduce to 0.50 Energy

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Calculate the spring constant k

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Newton's Law and Frictional Forces

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Why Is the Left Bank of a River Higher Than the Right Bank?

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Finding power when a student lifts 60kg 2.5m in 4 seconds

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Derivation of the potential of a charge

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Angular acceleration of a rock, in a tire, on a car

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Why Does a Superconductor Create a Stronger Magnetic Field?

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Finding the electric field at a point on the x axis due to two charges.

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Maximum Speed and Height of Mass on Spring

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Surface Charge Density on an infinite sheet

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Center of Mass of a Right Triangle

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String in equilibrium with particle attached at point P

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Derivitive of the X final equation?

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Acceleration at the center of circle

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.Calculating Power Output of 1.8-g Spider

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Finding current through an inductor with sinusoidal voltage

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Projectile Motion pitching speed

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Finding torque of a rotating cylinder with given mass and angular acceleration

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Simple Harmonic Motion: Unknown Spring Constant

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By how much does the speed change each second?

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Submerged Diver Apparent Height

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Calculating Electric Field of Cylindrical Rod and Shell

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Ballistic Pendulum Problem: Determining Speeds of Bullet and Block

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Find the buoyant force on a hot air balloon

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How Do Mass and Speed Affect Kinetic Energy?

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Charged sphere accelerating along the axis of a charged ring

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Tension force, acting about a pivot

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Ball into cup off ramp, need to derive equation

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration and Deceleration Distances in a Cab Ride?

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Minimum constant speed to catch a train accelerating away

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Superpositon and Standing Waves problem

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Electric Fields of horizontal sheets

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How Do Friction and Inclination Affect Rock Movement on a Hill?

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Stop a .22 Bullet: Average Speed Calculation

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Solve Change in Voltage: Why is V=ED?

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What Happens if Earth Had a Net Surface Charge Density?

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How to derive the mass formula for a uniform sphere

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How Many Logs Are Needed to Keep Children Afloat?

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Thermodynamic Processes: Ideal Gas Expansion and Compression

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How does changing frequency affect wave speed?

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Find Energy Stored in Two Parallel Springs

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Magnetic field: the Banebridge velocity selector

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Point charge at the center of a spherical conductor

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Gravitational Force on an object

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Initial speed and acceleration problems with kinematics

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Which Conservation Law Do I Use for a Hanging Rod Hit by a Particle?

  • zhenyazh
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Acceleration on Lowest and Highest Points (Vertical Circular Motion)

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Tension in rope supporting two masses accelerating upward at 0.4 m/s²

  • physics_newb
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Calculating Spring Constant Using Energy Conservation

  • zhenyazh
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When to use different kinetic energy equations

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Combination of 3 springs at given angles

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Time needed for superman to stop the train

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Troubleshooting a Physics Calculation: Identifying the Problem

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Direction of work of block colliding with spring

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Parallel/Series Circuit w/ Capacitors

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Electric force on a charged plastic stirrer near a wire

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Decrease in amplitude with distance from source

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Is the Magnetic Field Causing Issues? Find Out Here!

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