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Difficult problem involving friction and torque

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This problem has got me stumped. I need the answer to make an A on a test

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Tension of a rope in a pulley system

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How Do You Calculate the Velocity of a Powerboat Relative to the Shore?

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Net Work Done on Weight: Calculating 394N Force

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Must the tension in a string be uniform?

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A really close answer-why? (conter of mass)

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How can collisions and energy be related in a horizontal table scenario?

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Help with gravitational potential energy problem

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What is the Required Speed for a Successful Long Jump Shot?

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Dynamics: Particle confined in slot and a pole moving

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A man jumps on a platform supported by springs (Work and Energy)

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Energy Loss in Capacitors: How Can We Account for It?

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Light incident on a grating for spectroscopy

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Calculating Force to Accelerate 6.3 kg Object at 44 m/s in 35s

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I don't understand a symbol used in this question

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Find Specific Gravity of 8.3 kg Block in Water

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Hockey Question: How Far Does Crazy Chretien Slide?

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Normal Force at a certain point in a loop

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Calculate Weight of "Weightless" Ichthyosaurus in Metric Tonnes

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What Is the Minimum Horsepower Required to Prevent a Ship from Sinking?

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Calculate Weight of 3m^3 Ichthyosaurus in Metric Tonnes

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Calculating Electric Field Strength at a Specific Point on the x-axis

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Conservation of Momentum Elastic Collision Problem

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Why is the Time Constant Used in Solving Inductance Problems?

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Calculating Displacement in Two-Dimensional Motion

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What Is the Net Force Exerted on an Object?

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Work done by air on a baseball

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What Is the Minimum Acceleration Needed for a Jumbo Jet to Take Off?

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Hooke's Law Lab and theoretical y-value Really need some help

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Rotating bodies, Car around a corner

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Free Fall/Constant Acceleration Problem

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Work Done by Movers: Calculating Force Needed for Crate

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Horizontal velocity required to launch into orbit?

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Calculating the Radius of Curvature for a Car on a Hill

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Solve Free Fall Problem: Object Launched at 25 m/s, Reaches 20m at 2.55 s

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Free Fall/Constant Acceleration Problem

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Block on inclined plane acceleration without rotating coordinates

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What is the Upward Force of Water on a Sinking Stone?

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Solving Pool Table Problem: Cue Ball Momentum Change

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Percentage of total beginning GPE converted to thermal/kinetic energy

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Mass being dropped on spinning disk problem NEED HELP

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Pressure to lift a safety valve.

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Kinematics Formulas - Is the textbook right?

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Disk acceleration physics homework

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Why is the induced EMF on an inductor equal to -L (di/dt)?

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How Do You Calculate Resistance in a Radial Cylinder System?

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Solve Wave Superposition: 2Asin(7π(x+vt)) cos (3π(x+vt)) at t=0

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Dynamics of Particles : Problems involving pulleys.

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Angles in Two-Dimensional Elastic Collision

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Finding Center of Gravity in a 4-Object Arrangement

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How Do You Calculate the Moment of Inertia for Displaced Sheets?

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What Mass Should the Resting Pucks Have to Minimize Collisions?

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How does mass affect the outcome of a head-on elastic collision?

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Calculating Work Done on Pulley by Falling Block

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Here i go Again, Phy 11 Forces

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Understanding Frictional Forces in Rotational Motion

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Finding the moment of inertia of a compound object

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How to Calculate Net Force in Vector Addition with Given Forces and Angles?

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Geosynchronus Sattelite Question

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Finding Force Constant of a Spring

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Normal force, car on curved road

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Kepler's Laws and orbiting satellite

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Determine the work done by the pushing force

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How Do You Calculate the Expectation Value <x²> for a Particle in a Box?

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Calculating Equilibrium Temperature for a Solar Hot Water System

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Calculating power in a circuit with loops

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Why Does Extracting Density Affect My Moment of Inertia Calculation?

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Physics Project Conservation of momentum,energy, and projectile motion

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How can multiple pulleys decrease the force needed to lift a piano?

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Calculating Force on a Tank Hatch in Water

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What would friction be in this pulley system

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Magnetic field in a infinitley long wire

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Energy Problem involving Friction and Spring

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Solving for average acceleration.

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Introductory Power/Work Problem

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What is the maximum mass that can be hung from the end of a boom?

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Find acc. given coefficient of frict. on incline slope

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What Speeds Are Safe for a Banked Curve in Wet Conditions?

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Kinematics of a Slender Bar with Constrained End Rollers

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Questions About Maple Seeds (Samara): Answers Inside

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Lensmaker's Formula: Solving for Image Distance i

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Angular Momentum Homework: Find Moment of Inertia for Rotating Disc

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Solving Incline Ramp Problem: Find Normal Force

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Friction force incline two masses connected by a string

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Which object will reach point O first?

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Understanding Optics: Why is 2t changed to 2tn in problem 35.54?

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Uniform Circular Motion confusion.

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What are the units of spring constant K?

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What is the Phase Constant for a Simple Harmonic Oscillator with Given Graphs?

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Solving a Physics Problem: Calculating Maximum Distance for Falling Fish

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Please. Need help with quadratic word problem

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Solving Mechanics Problem: Calculate Coefficient of Friction & Work Done

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Newtons theory of gravity : satelite orbits and ellipses

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Cylindrical capacitor with a dielectric

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How to locate Two spots where electric potential is zero

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How Much Tension Holds a Snowboarder Airlifted by a Helicopter?

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