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Find the electric field inside a circle

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Rotational motion and tangential speed?

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Field Due to Continuous Distribution of Charge

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Cannon ball fired at castle - kinematics

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How Is Displacement Current Calculated in a Parallel Plate Capacitor?

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Linear Thermal expanion what is the formula we use?

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Hard/Tricky Problem on Energy Conservation

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What is the Correct Calculation for Inductance in an LC Circuit?

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Linear Momentum of Unwinding Cylinder

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Hollow Sphere Moment of Inertia Help

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Solving a Mechanical Energy Problem Involving a Swing

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Final Temperature of 75g Silicon After 750 Calories Transfer

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Ice cube placed in water - find final temperature

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Determine the balls initial velocity

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Solving Isothermal Expansion Problem - Temperature Calculation

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Buoyancy Force and Block Equilibrium

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Simple Harmonic Motion: Maximum Speed of a Grandfather Clock Pendulum in cm/s

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Dispersion/total internal reflection

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Analyzing the motion of an airplane based on design specs of the airplane

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Why do waves need to be in phase for constructive interference to occur?

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How Fast Does a Swimmer Hit the Water from 10 Meters?

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What is the optimal placement for support A in this torque problem?

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Plot In distance versus In time

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What is the radius of a geosynchronous satellite?

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Kinetic energy and normal force

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What is the magnitude of the average stopping force?

  • vshah
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Finding Wavelength: Solving with Frequency and Length

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Triangle Electrostatics Problem

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Why is the phase constant negative in part B of this graph?

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Pluto's Atmosphere: Estimating Temp

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Solving for Water Temperature: 4000J Added to 400g at 20°C

  • reallydumb
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How Much Energy Input Is Needed for an Engine to Perform 10.2 kJ of Work?

  • VelvetRebel
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Conservation of Momentum in a 2D Collision

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What Is the Optimal Collision Point on a Rod to Maximize Energy Loss?

  • Samuelb88
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Biot-Savart Law Difficult Problem

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Plane flying in a straight line

  • justice25
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Classical Physics and the Bohr Model of Hydrogen Atom

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Rotational Motion-Up an Incline

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How Much Time Does a Shortened Pendulum Clock Lose in 24 Hours?

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Solving 1.5 Moles Monatomic Ideal Gas at 314K - No Calc

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Determining Direction of Electric Field

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Electrostatics Problems (all with worked out answers but wrong)

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A question about uncertainty using a regression line and experimental data

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What are the phase factors for the atoms in this quantum state?

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Collision with a pinned and unpinned rod on a frictionless surface

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Simple Coulomb's Law problem, struggling with basic calculus method

  • mikey555
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Helium balloon floating at air/helium boundary

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How to Find Instantaneous Displacement in a Sinusoidal Wave?

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Circular motion of hoop and mass

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Conservation of Momentum and Kinetic Energy in Outer Space Collisions

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Calculate the frictional force if the ball is not slipping

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Vertical Circular Motion of a giant wheel

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Cinservatuon of energy icline and spring problem

  • theyo
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Physics Homework Question due in 20mins, literally have no idea what i'm doing

  • Jrlandshark
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Rotational Mechanics (Pulley and Mass)

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Reaction force on disk by pivot

  • noob314
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Calculating IR Energy: 1.614 x 107 MHz

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How Does the Einstein Model Estimate Excited State Probability?

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Blocks, incline, tension and acceleration

  • noob314
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Need to find the spring constant

  • christianhood
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Find the Frequency of Infrared Radiation with Wavelength 160.432 µm

  • stacker
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How Does Cutting a Spring Affect SHM Frequency and Motion Characteristics?

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What's the rms speed of the molecules?

  • cdymdcool
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Coeffiecent of Kinetic Friction Problem

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Calculating the average speed of molecules in a gas

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Beat frequencies/tension force of violin strings while tuning-

  • frozenguy
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Confidence intervals how to find?

  • semidevil
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Get Homework Help: Solving Equations and Formulas

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Angular Momentum Needed Variable Velocity

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Calculating Force Required to Perform an Exceptional Standing Jump

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Fluids-blow across top of straw to draw up olive oil

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How to Minimize Sound Wave Interference Using a Tube with Variable Radius

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Changing the inertial reference frame to follow a mass in a collision

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Calculating Spring Constant for Large Springs and Trampolines

  • Sally99
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What is the average speed of the S wave in an earthquake?

  • laxboi33
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Matrix Questions: Solve A^3, C^2003, f(A), e^C & Square Roots of A

  • niteshadw
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Work: Kinetic Friction + Applied Resultant Force

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Solving a 2D inelastic collision involving cars and tricycles

  • Sally99
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Centripetal Force and Earth's Rotation

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Build My Car: Finding the Right Axle

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Calculating Impact Force of Man Falling onto Cushion

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How to Determine Resistive Force and Engine Power at Different Speeds?

  • sanisydap
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Stone tied to string whirled. Max string tension?

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Energy content of automobile fuel

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What is the maximum velocity of a block in a spring mechanics problem?

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Need Hmwk HelpFluid mechanics, Fluids in Motion, Pressure

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Electron in a box - calculate the spring constant

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Where is the electric field the stronger, slight annulus

  • fluidistic
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Someone please check my simple vector algebra

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Need MORE Hmwk helpFluid mechanics, Fluids in motion, pressure

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DC Volts & Amps to Recharge 8.8 kWh Chevy Volt in 15 Min

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Block on Incline with oscillation

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Calculating the time of an falling object provding with only speed.

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Suitcase in elevator - Find pressure on the floor

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Calculate Earth's Gravitational Field at the Moon

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Jumping from Roof: Find Velocity & Force Exerted

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