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Work done by friction on a 55 kg cart with 200 N applied force

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Bernoulli equation (self made diagram)

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Confusion about momentum question

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Is the Car's Motion and Acceleration Negative in Strobe Photography Analysis?

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Calculating Gauge Pressure in a Closed Tube

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Did I do this right an F=ma need to find Initial Speed?

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What is the magnitude of the average acceleration?

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What is the coefficient of friction question?

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Curved glass and Newton's Rings

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Solar Cell Physics Coursework (Calculating Internal Resistance)

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Calculating Rotational Acceleration of a Wheel

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Solving for volume in Van der Waals Equation?

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Yellow light duration needed to cross intersection safely

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Charge leakage of an electroscope

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Gravity Work: Lifting 10N Book 1m at 0.5m/s

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Distance of Closest Approach of Two Particles

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Pendulum swing from 1deg to 2 deg

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What is the Period of an Earth Satellite Orbiting 400km Above the Surface?

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Bouyant force on a cube floating at the surface between water and oil?

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Solve Gold Ring Resistivity Question, Practical Difficulties

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Finding entropy from energy levels using degeneracy

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Concept Question. Force and Work.

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Total electrical resistance flux

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Putting ice into a calorimeter, checking my thoughts

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Electric-field strength inside a solenoid

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Why are situps harder with your legs straight?

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Acceleration of Falling Balls on Elastic Bands

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Finding efficiency of ideal gas cycle with adiabatic processes

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Special relativity of a light source moving downstream

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Baseball projectile motion with max height at 3 s and fence at 97.5 m

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Astrophysics: Finding the mass of a hidden star in a binary system

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Astrophysics: Deriving Newton's Gravitational Formula from Kepler's

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How Does a Pendulum Swing Conserve Momentum?

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Angular Momentum Conservation in Planetary Orbits

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How Does Lowering Half a Rope Affect Its Potential Energy?

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Converting between cartesian and polar coordinates

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Mass in relation to Tangential Force

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Stopper and hanging weight in circular motion experiment

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Solving Two-Object Motion Problems

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Doubling Celsius temp also double the pressure?

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Making an electromagnet strength project harder for 11th grade

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Position change of body in non-isolated system

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Calculating Reaction Forces in Circular Motion

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Hockey puck momentum/ collision

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Centripetal acceleration of electron

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Minimum energy to stack N bricks on top of each other

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Mechanics: could someone check my diagram please?

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What is the Differential Equation for a Non-Linear Torsional Spring Pendulum?

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Calculating Force Exerted by Water on Container Bottom

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Wave interferance and determining an unknown height

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Halliday and Resnick - Boy sliding down ice mound

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Temperature Equilibrium between ice cubes and water

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Earth's Magnetic Field with Electron orbit

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Average force between an object and non-movable object?

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Question on waves and vibrations

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What is the current through the inductor as a function of time?

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Interesting Electromagnetic Inductance Problem

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Electric Potential of Ring of Charge: Q, R, x

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How Does Chair Rotation Affect String Tension in Physics?

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What is the speed of the water in the Bernoulli River?

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Angular acceleration of a solid uniform cylinder

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Speed of ball changed by lengthening string

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Calculating Electric Force in Bohr Model of Hydrogen Atom

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Applying Bernoulli's equation to a rotating bucket of liquid

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What Is the Energy Difference for Argon-Ion Laser Transitions?

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Work done on crate by the truck

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Find a Mechanics Topic for Your IB Extended Essay

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Very simple mechanics question,

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Where to place a negative charge for zero net force

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How Do You Calculate Initial Velocity in an Elastic Collision Problem?

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How to Design a Ballistic Spring System for Measuring Bullet Speed

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Solving Binomial Theorem Problems

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Maximum induced emf with 2 Solenoids

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Vertical stick falls, rotates about CM, derive v(y,theta)

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How to Represent and Convert These Vectors?

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How do I setup an equation for the acceleration constraint?

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How Do You Calculate Forces on a Sled on a Slope?

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Finding the mass of an object on a balanced ruler with a pivot

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How Thick Should Polyurethane Foam Be for Optimal Insulation?

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Torque and angular accelerationfinding coeff. of friction

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Formula for total KE of disk rolling across table 8 m/s?

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Uniform Circular Motion; bead on a string.

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MgF2 anti-reflective coating at different wavelengths

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Is Saturated Steam Pressure the Same as Saturated Vapor Pressure?

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Solving a Hydraulic Lift: Mass, Volume and Height Differences

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Finding magnitude of two forces with given degrees ?

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Displacement of a traveling wave

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Solving Rotational Motion of Wheel with 3.21 kg Block

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How Fast Does a Spaceship Travel from Earth to Pluto and Back in 11 Hours?

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What is the frequency of the vibrator?

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Speed of Communication from Space Shuttle to NASA Director

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Does circular motion require unbalanced radial force?

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Misused Physics in Advertisements

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Calculating Initial Velocity of Projectile Motion Without Time Information

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