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Charge on Ion After 10V Potential Difference: Calculate?

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What is the wavelength of the helium-neon laser beam in the liquid?

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Electric field inside a sphere of charge

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DC Circuits Question (internal resistance)

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Calculating Work and Speed of Elevator with Broken Cable

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Help interpreting Voltage equation

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How Far from Origin to Position Third Charge?

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Speeds of tennis balls after collision

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Initial Mass Function - how many stars are born

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How Do You Calculate Displacement and Tension in a Mass-Pulley System?

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Finding Dimensions for Period of a Planet

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Force that's acting on the truck

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Projectile Motion: How to Calculate Velocity and Position Over Time

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Standing Waves: Same Amplitude & Frequency, Opposite Directions?

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Why do stationary waves not act like destructive ones?

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Relative Velocity Homework: Boat & Person Round Trip Time

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Finding the orbital height of a satellite

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Electric potential of a configuration of charges

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Turning Acceleration into g's - Is 40 g's a lie?

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Rocket problem (time is wrong )

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What are the forces acting on a hinge?

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Calculating Angular Velocity and Time for Insect on Rotating Rod

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Finding potential between plates

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Charge within an electric field

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Solving for Lunar Landing Craft Thrust

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Force Measurement Histogram: Vertical vs. Horizontal Axis

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Crossing a River: Calculating Angle between Swimmer & Bank

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How Does Current Flow Differ in Parallel vs Series Light Bulb Circuits?

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Finding X and Y Components of a Vector

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Physics HW help? Normal Force between two objects?

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Kinematics Problem on a particle

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Navigating Wind: Flying East in a Light Airplane

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Question involving projectiles in motion.

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Diffraction from a single slit.

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Ideal monatomic gas engine problem

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How Do Judges Evaluate Science Fair Projects on Electromagnets?

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D What is the Missing Step in this Electrostatic Algebra Equation?

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Instrument attached to wire - Newton's laws

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Calculate KINETIC ENERGY of proton traveling close to speed of light

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Distance Traveled by Hummingbird: Solving for Height

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Determine the acceleration of the 80 kg block

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Problem related to power of engine and resistance

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Velocity required to reach star in 10 onboard years

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Football Player Kicking Ball: Find Clearance of Uprights

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Small amplitude oscillations of a ball with water

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How to Calculate the Spring Constant from Frequency and Mass

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Finding max. height of object thrown vertically upard

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Volume Charge Density of an infinite cylinder.

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Calculate DILATED LIFETIME of muon traveling close to speed of light

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Calculating Net Work with Friction on a Long Shish Kebab Delivery

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Calculating Equilibrium Position of a Spring with a Hanging Mass

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How Does Gravity Affect a Stone Thrown Downward?

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Plate Capacitor: Find Voltage with 4\muC & 0.4m2 Area

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Calculating Net Electric Field at y=2.5m from 3.3μC and 3.9μC Charges

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How can I find the relationship between E and r in this scenario?

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Confused about Centripetal and Radial Acceleration

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Understanding the Direction of AB: Why Negative y?

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Solve Antique Telescope Homework: Find Fe Focal Length

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Calculating Flow Rate in Horizontal & Vertical Pipes

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Question about surface integrals on E&M

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Need Help with Conversion Problem

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Find Weight of 800 kg Turtle Raised 5.45 m

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Having trouble with this canoe/relative velocity problem.

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Change of Frequency Through Different Medium

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Changing the Variable of Integration

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Electrical Potential Energy Converted to Kinetic Energy

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Finding the moment of inertia and torque for a spinning ball

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Calculating Force Exerted on a Block in a Vertical Lift

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Kinetic Energy speed and a car

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Do Cars Falling Off a Cliff Land Simultaneously Regardless of Speed?

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Am I supposed to use Newton's Second Law for this?

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How Far Did the Cannonball Roll?

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Optimizing River Crossing Velocity Vectors

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What is the Mass of M1 in a Pulley System with Given Parameters?

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Solve Rolling Staple Gun Homework Problem

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Flying: Calculating Wind Direction from Airspeed & Ground Speed

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Determine the resultant internal loadings in the crane

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Solving For Unknown Vector Components

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Calculating the Depth of a Lake Using a Dropped Ball

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Urgent Help Needed: Can't Figure Out Homework Problem

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What Causes the Spikes in X-ray Spectra?

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Centrifuge - find centripetal acceleration

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Need a Topic For Experimental Investigation

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Factors affecting inductance experiments

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What is the uncertainty in y for given angular velocity and position values?

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Force and Interaction(Newton) Homework

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Equation for the power a light bulb would radiate

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Gravitational Energy and Kepler's Law

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Circular Motion and human blood

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AS Level Physics coursework help

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Free expansion of a Van der Waal's Gas

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Linear spring and non-linear spring

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Perpendicular components of motion

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Work done on a charge by an electric field

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Angular velocity, the Doppler effect, and frequencies.

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