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Help with a circuit and Ohm's law

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Charge on a nonconducting rod with a conducting shell

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Find the tension in two cables with a 68kg rescuer attached to them.

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Physics proton electric field questions

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Buoyant Force Direction in the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment

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How Do You Calculate Expected Value in a Coin Toss Betting Game?

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2D momentum of two objects next to a wall

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What is the solution to the magnetic field problem in Purcell's book?

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How to convert cm^-1 into erg or joules

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What is the acceleration of a crate after it has just started to move?

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Find the coefficient of friction between the puck and the ice.

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Find time given velocity and distance

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Calculating Speed of Falling Banana - Just Before it Hits Ground?

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Calculating Resultant Velocity with Vector Addition

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What is the work required to move an electron in an electric field?

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Solving Carnot Heat Problem: 1637.8BTU Answered

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Ratio for Kindetic and Potential energy

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Distance traveled by pi mesons in special relativity

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Circular motion space station question

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Calculate Plane Acceleration from Pendulum Length & Distance

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Digging a hole through the earth

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What is the Retarding Force on a Golf Ball Plugged in Soft Ground?

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Magnitude of temperature change?

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Perpendicular 3D Vector Problem

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Calculate Acceleration at t=38.60s: Simple Step-by-Step Guide

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Finding the net electric field

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Block collidining with a spring

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Resonance Frequency of a Damped Oscillator

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Solving a Frictionless Pulley Problem: Find m2's Acceleration

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Solving the Problem of Angular Speed After Clay Striking Bar

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Kirchhoff's Rules: Find Currents in 2R, 3R, 1R, 4R, 10R Circuit

  • aly1188
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Person throwing block down frictionless incline gets complex solutions

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Finding the Optimal Angle: Solving the Archer Projectile Problem

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Solving Camera Lens Problem for Film Size of 24x36mm

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How fast is the smaler sphere moving when they collide?

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Angular Speed of a ball of clay

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Solving Exponents Homework: Troubleshooting -a^2b^-1

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Calculate the magnitude of the angular momentum of the earth

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Understanding Rms Current: Definition, Calculation, and Resolved Issues

  • magnifik
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Direction of Net Electric Field

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Height of Ball with Velocity Vector

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Calculating Speed of a Moving Block with Friction and Pulley System

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Calculating RMS Current and Phase Shift in an Inductive Circuit

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Fission Reaction: Counting Neutrons & Nuclear Reactor Importance

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Explanation of Center of Mass in a 1.00 m Pipe vs. Human Limbs

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Work performed on a proton between two charged plates

  • KidDreamer
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Exam review question (acceleration)

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Velocity final estimate on frictionless craft

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What is Gauss's Law for a Concentric Cable?

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Net Electric Field at Point P Due to Fixed Charges

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Gauss's Law, electric field of sphere

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Solving 2D Motion Revision Homework on Pitching Speed

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How to find the angle between an XYZ vector and the y-axis? Please help

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Wave propagation along a rubber cord.

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How do you make an eraser launcher using pill container?

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How Do You Calculate Mechanical Energy and Work for a Thrown Ball?

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Momentum-speed homework question

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Free Body Diagrams: Static Equilibrium

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Converting Coulombs->Charges and vice versa

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Where Is the Net Electric Field Zero Between Two Charged Lines?

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Michelson morley exp and rotating 90 degrees

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Estimate its capacitance to earth

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How Long Does Light Take to Travel 93 Million Miles?

  • FloridaPhys
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How Do Two Balls Meet Mid-Air When Thrown at Different Times and Heights?

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Two blocks on an Incline w/ Friction

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Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

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Calculating the velocity of electron

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How Do You Calculate Tension and Angles in a Two-Mass Equilibrium Problem?

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Elevator scale reads 0.76 of normal weight, find acceleration

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Calculating Height Change in a Ballistic Pendulum Lab: Step-by-Step Guide

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Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) with Spring and Block: Homework Solutions

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How Do You Determine Time in an RC Circuit for Charge and Current Changes?

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Solving a 2m Inclined Plane Problem with Negligible Friction

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Find the electric potential energy of this system of charges

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Emergency relief - Plane Vector

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Physics question regarding Circular movement and tension

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Boat Vector Physics Problem with River Current - Homework Help

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Is this how weather and communication satellites work?

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Calculating Minimum Velocity for Knocking Down a Burning Building Door

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Work done by lifting block attached to spring

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Momentum: Calculating the Forces of a Bowling Ball

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Sound Intensity of a howler monkey

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Infinite planes and electric feilds

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Calculating Force at an angle with kinetic friction coefficient

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Electric field at origin due to 6 charges.

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Solving Police Car Overtaking Motorbike Problem

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2D Motion of Sphere - Inclined Plane

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What is the average force exerted by a bat on a softball during contact?

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Surface charge density and more, for a parallel plate cap.

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Velocity of Sound, speed of rock and return of sound

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Vector force conceptual exercise help.

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How to Graph 2x+y=1 - Step-by-Step Guide

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Find Earth's charge using Gauss's Law

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