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The electric field of a piecewise uniform 1D charge distribution

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Help with a problem about motion — bullet striking a block of wood

  • TextClick
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Internal energy of a container filled with water & steam

  • etotheipi
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Does the speed of sound depend on the speed of the medium?

  • anonymous99
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How to find the velocity needed to melt a snowball

  • TextClick
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Find the point of separation in SHM

  • Vivek98phyboy
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Electromagnetic Induction exercise, is something wrong with these answers?

  • Stephen Bulking
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Gravity problem: determining the period of a satellite in Earth orbit

  • BiggestAfrica
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Kinematics of deformation (Continuum mechanics)

  • Jinjolee
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Help with two problems relating to universal gravitation

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Circular Motion/Energy: Find the position of the rings when tension = 0

  • Edidas
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Two Speaker Destructive Interference

  • Kharrid
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Closest point to a set with l1 norm

  • CCMarie
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Obtaining work from two bodies by a heat engine

  • Parzeevahl
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What Are Rotational Angular Values in Free Body Diagrams?

  • Alexis2020
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Physics position problem (Block on a flatbed)

  • Alexis2020
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Poynting vector -- Calculate the EM power transmitted down a coax cable

  • denniszhao
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How Is Maximum Spring Compression Calculated in Physics Problems?

  • songoku
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Rotation and spring force exercise

  • Hajarmq
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Inserting thick lenses into a thin lens system and deducing values

  • Kaelor
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Work done BY the gas in a cyclic thermodynamic process

  • Aletag
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Spring stiffness and Heat Capacity (Equipartition of energy)

  • godiswatching_
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Calculating the Second Moment of Area for Floating Bodies

  • tomtomtom1
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Isothermal process involving changes in Volume and Pressure

  • dbag123
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Pressure of an ideal gas -- A Level Multiple Choice Problem

  • maxelcat
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Thermodynamics problem involving engine efficiency

  • Stephen Bulking
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Understanding Waves for Solving Problems

  • StillAnotherDave
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G-force experienced by a jumper, using a DE

  • JessicaHelena
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Calculating total charge when the electric field is given

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Correct statement regarding the graph of binding energy per nucleon

  • songoku
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Inclined Planes, finding time from acceleration at an angle

  • ericcy
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Getting Force with distance, mass and time

  • DaRafster
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Not sure why my method doesn't work: Springs, Potential Energy and Work

  • ericcy
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Conservation of Momentum involving Vf, elastic collisions

  • ericcy
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Inclined Planes, finding final velocity

  • ericcy
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Correct statement regarding nuclear reactions

  • songoku
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Finding the Power Produced by a Hydroelectric Generator

  • bieon
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Force between two perpendicular wires

  • Eitan Levy
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Closest approach of alpha particle - two separate methods

  • etotheipi
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Calculate the moment of inertia of this body

  • leynat
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Force of the Ladder on a Wall Torque

  • astoll
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Buoyancy and the Archimedes Principle

  • tomtomtom1
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Working with Newton's Third Law and friction

  • ramseycharles0
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To find the work done in extending a spring

  • gnits
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Homework Help: Thermal Energy Question

  • yamm14
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A slab? Infinite area? Electric field? Help please

  • askcr9
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Electrostatic potential due to a dipole

  • Crystal037
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Oscillations: The position is modeled as x(t)=Acos(ωt+ϕ)

  • jdmaxwell02
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Newton's third law problem/kinematics (Airboat problem/no friction)

  • Petronius
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Conservation of momentum in a bullet-block-spring system

  • AL115
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Why Potential Energy cannot be included twice?

  • CGandC
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The Total Energy of the Hydrogen Atom's Electron

  • needshelp
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Power and Mass Question -- A helicopter accelerating and ascending

  • yamm14
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The efficiency of a heat engine

  • gregorspv
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Amplitude of oscillation for SHM

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Simple Canon Question (Conservation Of Momentum): Frame of Reference

  • Kermit_the_Phrog
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Solving the Platform and Object Kinetic Energy Equation

  • eyespy
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Finding the magnetic field at a point P

  • bfusco
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Please can I get some help finding the function of motion

  • Alexan
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Energy problem with 2 objects (a mass flying vertically off of a ramp)

  • PedroPicapiedra
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How do I calculate the time and distance for a pendulum projectile problem?

  • velocityoverrtime2
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Wire rotating inside a magnetic field

  • Moara
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E field calculation for q sphere

  • fisher garry
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Finding the Solution: Solving for x in a Polarization of Light Equation

  • johnsobertstamos
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Finding the magnitude of the hydrostatic force per unit of circumference

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Solving for the Damping Constant

  • lightlightsup
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Time period of oscillation of charge in front of infinite charged plane

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Electron moving inside a region of homogeneous electric field

  • Moara
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Spring pendulum with and without weight

  • Stuka_Hunter
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Conservation of Momentum: Elastic Collision of Two Masses

  • sciencec
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Horizontal Circular Motion With Lagrange

  • Fascheue
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Calculate the amount of water vapor

  • dbag123
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Working out the rate of heat loss from a radiator

  • Bolter
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Finding latent heat of vaporisation

  • Bolter
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Velocity of an object on an inclined plane

  • Prabs3257
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Particle in a well, can someone explain how this step works

  • Theodore0101
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Finite quantum well, multiple choice question

  • Theodore0101
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Calculating Escape Velocity for Earth: Where Am I Going Wrong?

  • breid040
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Find the refractive index for the lens and find the image distance

  • Karl Karlsson
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Linear and angular momentum problem: Ball hitting a rod

  • barryj
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What is the frictional force on a wheel-disk system?

  • jake010
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Tension and frequency of a vibrating violin string

  • Dong Min
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Is My Quantum Well Probability Calculation Correct?

  • Theodore0101
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Oscillations of a Balanced Object

  • breid040
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A kid slips off the top of the hill -- find the escape angle

  • Michael_0039
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Can phase shift keying delay a wave further?

  • Crystal037
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Calculating the uncertainty in a Geiger counter

  • DanishForestCat
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What is the minimum velocity needed?

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Troubleshooting Wave Velocity on a Piano Wire

  • ac7597
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Dropping a package with a parachute from a moving plane

  • lawliet
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Further Applications of Newton's Law : Friction, Drag, and Elasticity

  • EnricoHendro
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