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A rope hanging over edge of table.

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Why do clothes become darker when wet?

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Drawing a Force-Time Curve for a Changing Force and Calculating Final Momentum

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Normal Force and Acceleration down the slope

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Doppler Effect Wind: Frequency, Velocity, Wavelength

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Linear expantion and elastic modulus- brass vs. glass

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Momentum and Energy problem (ball and incline collision)

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Heat loss problem- thermodynamics

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Curvature of path made by electron in electromagnetism

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Interferometer / Index of Refraction

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Transformer Voltage vs. Frequency

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Calculating Material Thickness: 5k Ohms CSA 10mm x 20mm

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Measurements with an Ammeter/Voltmeter

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Rotational Motion and linear accerlation

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Average acceleration of a falling ball on contact with floor

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Block sliding down an inclined plane and gravity

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Ball caught in cup on rotating board dropped from angle θ

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Calculating Tension on 500kg Beam Supported by Cable

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Angular momentum of object at position (0,9,0) with velocity (4i-2j) m/s

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What is the magnetic field produced by an electron beam in a cathodic ray tube?

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How to Calculate Coefficient of Kinetic Friction?

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What is the angle of a falling object's velocity after 2 seconds?

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Calculating the Force of Static Friction on a 2000kg Car

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Work of Rope on Skier on 12° Incline: 900 J or 2,000 J?

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Food-energy to Mechanical Energy

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Energy from the sun that reaches the earth

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Calculating Average Net Force of 810-kg Car

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Maximum spring compression when 2 kg block collides with 5 kg block

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How Is the Tangential Force Calculated in Rotational Dynamics?

  • Swatch
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How Long Until Two Accelerating Cars Are 200m Apart?

  • 1irishman
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Where to find practice tests for introductory physics conceptual exams

  • DavidDishere
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Finding the Coefficient of Friction?

  • Brodo17
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Solving Pulleys and Tension Problems

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Calculating Current in DC Motor at 11V, 2000 RPM

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Bowl draining time doesn't match experiment with Torricelli's law

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Crank-Nicolson method for a parabolic differential equation

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Direction of current in a solenoid when magnetic field is switched off

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Santa Claus and his trouble on a ladder

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The physics of a swinging door

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Oscillation Period in a Lighthouse?

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Five momentum and collision problems with inelastic collisions

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Sound intensity and the hearing distance

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Why Does 0 Velocity and Negative Acceleration = Increasing Speed?

  • Love_to_Learn
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Combining Formulas: Rearrange Equations for F (No Ev)

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Modified Atwood's Machine on an Inclined Plane

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Minimum Coefficient of static friction to keep a block from sliding?

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Placements of vector diagrams and angles in 2-D collisions

  • JohnMC
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Creating the Graph of a Position Function

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Finding current through shared branch using Kirchhoff's laws

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What is the Time Equation for Constant Acceleration?

  • kriegera
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Which of these spring systems is equivalent?

  • MarkH748
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Calculating Velocity Using Spring Force and Energy Conservation

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Acceleration and velocity of a car

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What was the speed before the collision?

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How Much Coal Must Be Burned in a Steam Power Plant to Generate 900 MW?

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How Far Is the Moon from Earth?

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Objects falling towarda each other.

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Shooting a spaceship with a photon

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Force needed for straight-line motion in rotating coordinates

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Potential Difference and Electric Potential

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Second Law of Thermodynamics - Entropy

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RC and RL(frequency and potential difference)

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Minimum rotation speed for a conical pendulum

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Gravitational forces from the moon and sun on a mass

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How much time has elapsed when the cars are 200m apart?

  • 1irishman
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Simple Harmonic Motion: Oscillator

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Physics and Environment Questions

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Springs: Simple Harmonic Motion

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Simple Harmonic Motion: Spring Motion

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How Can I Solve the Rocket Motion Equation Numerically Using Maple?

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Net Force Required During Tiger-Rat Pursuit

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Fisherman pulling a crate on frictionless ice

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What is the recoil speed of the rifle?

  • jazzysoshort
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Simple Harmonic Motion: Pendulum

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How Much Force Does Water Exert on a Sandbag Dropped from 315m?

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Concept question, coil spring and energy.

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What is the acceleration of a block on an inclined plane with friction?

  • Gilded
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What Is the Maximum Oscillation Amplitude for an Ultrasonic Transducer?

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How do i work out the magnitude of a force

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Calculating Centripetal Force for a Bull in Orbit

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Find the tension in the cable linking the two carts.

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How Can I Solve This Dynamics Problem Involving Friction and Inclined Planes?

  • JakePearson
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Partial pressures of ideal gases in a mixture

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Ski Slope using Energy Conservation

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How do I calculate the missing force on an aircraft?

  • justice25
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Ballistic pendulum change in kinetic energy problem

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Finding acceleration and velocity for three masses with a pulley system

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Calculating the Dipole Moment of LiBr

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How Does a Block's Motion Change on an Inclined Ramp with Friction?

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Moment of inertia and conservation of energy problem

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Collinearity of Points: Solving the Equation

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Concept of Potential Energy -vs Electric Potential in an EField

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The Fundamental frequency of an open organ pipe

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Why is work defined as force times distance, not force times time?

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