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Calculating Current Split in Parallel Circuit with Frequency of 100 sec-1

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What is the solar radius of Rigel and Procyon B?

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How Far Does a Package Travel Horizontally When Dropped from a Plane?

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What is the density of the wood?

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Drag Racing - Involving Work and Velocity

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Calculating Velocity of Wave in Wood Stick and Resonance Tube

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Finding the resultant and eq. for 3 vector on one point

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Problem relating to skateboarding down a ramp

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How Does Mass Affect the Force Required to Overcome Friction?

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Pulley problem - finding tensions and acceleration

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Projectile Motion (Firefighter)

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Angular Acceleration of Wheels: Solve Homework Problem

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A small ball rotating and along a curve and landing at a certain distance

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How Is Average Net Force Calculated on a Mercedes?

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Is my physics quiz on confirmations correct?

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Gravity/Planetary Forces Question - High School physics question

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How Does Acceleration Impact the Period of a Pendulum's Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Help Me Understand Economics: 4 Problems I Don't Get

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Angular Momentum of a Bar: Calculating Magnitude and Direction

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How far does each can slide on the table?

  • kashiark
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Work Done on Block Moving in Circle with Changing Radius

  • Devin Longo
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Finding the Missing Projectile Motion Formulas

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Spring Elastic Potential Energy Help

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Mass of a person who weighs 500 N

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Velocity of Light: How Space and Time Change

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Magnetic Effect of an Electric Current

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Power in RL Circuits: Solving for Time Constant

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Why Does Hair Stand Up When Touching a Van der Graaf Generator?

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Calculating Resultant Forces: Salt Deposition, Aircraft Loops, and Lorry Bends

  • MorallyObtuse
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Help with formulas for work & energy problems

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Circular Motion with a hydrogen atom

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Hanging block Tension problem finding components/angle

  • noniramen
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How Does Altitude Affect Gravity?

  • singinglupine
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What Is the Net Gravitational Force on a Sphere at the Origin?

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Massive electromagnetic charge - hypothetical for author

  • Ivy78
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Electromagnetic Force Problem -

  • ashkash
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Torque has been a difficult chapter

  • dan987
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What Are Some Simple Physics Questions About Rotational Motion?

  • CanadianEh
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Newton's laws multiple objects contact forces

  • tigerwoods99
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What is the relationship between velocity and momentum in collisions?

  • Dark Visitor
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Circular Motion and carnival ride

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Explaination for earth-moon centre of rotation

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Astronomy Help: Minimum Mass of Stars & Sun's Energy Production Explained

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Horizontal force of pushed blocks

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What is the absolute magnitude of the sun

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How Do You Calculate the Sedimentation Coefficient of Escherichia coli?

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Find Angular Acceleration of Pulley w/ Mass & Rope Connected

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Current versus voltage, Very Easy (but stuck)

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How Do You Calculate Angular Acceleration and Displacement of a Rolling Ball?

  • BlakeEdwards
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Finding Work from Angle, Mass, and Displacement

  • Joel M
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Resolve Your Friction Problem with These Simple Solutions

  • coolkid26
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Creating/Destroying Electron-Positron Pairs: Time Limit?

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A mass on a spring, trying to find dispacement after at certain time. ( )

  • The Merf
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How Do You Calculate Torque to Stop and Reverse a Water-Filled Cylinder?

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Solving for Pressure Rise in Manometer with Oil & Mercury

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What Is the Shear Centre in Mechanics?

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Air Resistance and Trajectory Differences

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Finding the recoil speed, energy stored, and compression of a spring

  • JJBrian
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Particle Motion and Forces: Solving for Velocity, Acceleration, and Force

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The partical of mass 'm' is moving with the laws

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Forces and velocities of a sliding box

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How Are Triangles Used to Represent Vectors in Physics?

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What mechanical paramater has a unit corresponding to expression

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Why Is the Angular Velocity of a Clockwise-Spinning CD in the -y Direction?

  • Qnslaught
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Velocity and acceleration of a turtle

  • tiffanyg
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Another Grade 11 Dynamics Problem Needing Urgent Help

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Calculating Tension in Rope of Accelerating Balloon

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How Far Was the Turtle from the Fence Post at the Start?

  • tiffanyg
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Spring Constant off by a factor of two

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Electric field between two charged rods

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Static Equilibrium Weight Problem

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ZZ help dopplers effect PHysics?

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Solving Rotational Motion: Min Force Required for Incline of 30 Degrees

  • NoBodyKnows
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Finding magnitude of horizontal velocity

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How Fast Was the Projectile Launched on the Moon?

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Multiplying by unit vector in electric field equation

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Calculating Pressure at Different Altitudes and Depths

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Exploring the ψ(r,t) Wave Function: Probability & Position

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Bungee Jumper Oscillation: Determine Spring Constant

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Fluids Question Regarding Density

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Calculating Energy Between Objects

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Recoil speed of an atomic nucleus

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Find tension in a rope of a mountain climber

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Speed of a projectile launched from the moon?

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Moment of inertia of a cone about its symmetry axis

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How Do I Calculate Friction Force and Mass in This Dynamics Problem?

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Why Does a Thrown Stone Have Constant Acceleration?

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Calculating Heights of Swinging Balls Colliding

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Calculate Height of a Ball Bouncing Off a Hard Floor

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Work Done on Box: Explanation & Sources

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How Do Newton's Laws Apply to Multiple Objects in Motion?

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