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Work Question involving Cheese, an elevator, and a cable

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Calculating Frictional Force: What Did I Miss?

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Calculating Helium Mass with Work and Ideal Gas Law

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Tension of Two Ropes on an Object

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Torque second condition of equilibrium problem

  • Phox
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Calculating Force on Spaceship: G, m1, m2, r^2

  • drkidd22
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What is the Minimum Height for a Sphere to Stay on a Loop-the-Loop Track?

  • ducnguyen2000
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Average Angular Velocity of the Earth?

  • IAmSparticus
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Rocks thrown out of a window problem.

  • physicsguy112
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Momentum and Elastic Collisions

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What Determines the Direction of Centripetal Force and Acceleration?

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Solve Light Refraction Homework: Angle of Sunlight in Water

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Tension and Work Calculations for Lifting a 285kg Load 22m Vertically

  • fraxinus
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How can I solve for the Thevenin resistance in this circuit?

  • Novark
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Crossing a flowing river problem

  • shizupple
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Hooke's Law applied to a bungee cord

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Can someone explain a simple physics question for me?

  • pooker
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Horizontal Circular Motion Problem

  • Macroer
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Question on Calculating Power and Force of Water Ejected from a Pipe

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Tension of rope by hanging mass

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3 point charges on the vertices of an equilateral triangle

  • Unemployed
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Can Earth's Geology Link Climate Change and Earthquake Prediction?

  • havaliza
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Magnetic field in the open loop

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Contact lenses, focal length and uncorrected far point distance

  • danok
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Max angular displacement from max angular velocity

  • rdlcsh
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Loop gravitational roller caoster- height, velocity, breaking force?

  • mmoadi
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Current Proportionality and Thevenin Equivalence

  • Novark
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Calculating Air Temperature from Frequency of Sound

  • Physics8944
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Which Cart Sinks Less in Rainy Weather: Wide or Thin Wheels?

  • andyboy179
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Potential Energy: Why Don't We Use Product Rule?

  • matt_crouch
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Optics - How long can I see an objects reflection

  • Paulo Serrano
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Normal force and tension in a pulley system

  • waldvocm
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What Are the Key Calculations for an Oscillating Mass on a Spring?

  • Kev1n
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Applying force vs applying weight to an atwood machine

  • waycoo
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Highest point on trajectory of tennis ball

  • firebird99
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Does Moving a Conductor in a Uniform Magnetic Field Induce EMF?

  • qazxsw11111
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How to Calculate Normal Force in a Physics Problem

  • texasgirl03
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Pulley, blocks, moment of inertia :S

  • leanne1987
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Calculating Angular Velocity: Earth's Rotation & Orbital Speed

  • IAmSparticus
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Biot-Savart Law: Find formula for B at general pt (x, y, z)

  • plexus0208
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Skidding and rolling without slipping of a bowling ball

  • chenying
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Does Potential Energy Equal Kinetic Energy at the Bottom of a Hill?

  • Chuck Norris
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Solve 2 Capacitor Problems: Heat Dissipation

  • lubuntu
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Finding Velocity of a bullet using springs and hanging masses

  • viciousp
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Angular Momentum difficult problem

  • Arshad_Physic
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Equilibrium Problem Help: Expert Solutions for Your Assignment

  • psycho15
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Projectile motion, with no Initial Velocity

  • RIPCLB
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How Do You Calculate the Resultant Force in This Vector Problem?

  • Dellis
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How Do Forces Maintain Equilibrium in a Beam Supported by a Brace?

  • 464thomas
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Block Tension and Friction Question

  • candykane91
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How to Calculate Magnetic Field on an Axis Through a Square Wire Loop?

  • fluidistic
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What is the ratio of the free-fall acceleration at these two locations?

  • leighzer
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How to find net force using mass, distance, and time?

  • elkosp16
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Rotational and collision problem

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Curly d vs Normal d: Derivatives Explained

  • roberto85
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Two Objects, Acceleration is Given, Find Tension of rope on frictionless pulley

  • spacewrangler
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How Do You Calculate the Central Pressure of a Star?

  • CaptainEvil
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How Precisely Can the Position of a Flying Mosquito Be Known?

  • zoner7
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Calculating Speed for Banked Racing Track

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Calculating Stress/Strain from Extension/Tension

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How Do You Calculate the Angle of Incline with Friction Involved?

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How would I calculate the escape velocity from the earth?

  • Kaxa2000
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Spherical Mirror and Object Distance

  • Skye77
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Calculating Tension in Horizontal Wire due to Magnetic Field

  • Smiles302
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Finding the magnitude of a net force

  • elkosp16
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Would one weigh more on the equator or on the North Pole?

  • einsteinette
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What is the tension on the elevator cable?

  • kyletheskater
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Forces again *sigh* me , this is not homework

  • holezch
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I don't understand this question could someone clarify?

  • holezch
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How can net force point in the direction of *negative* work?

  • Kalibasa
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Finding Cable Tension in Elevator w/ Initial Velocity

  • adhoward24
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Plotting F=kx Graph for Lab Report

  • Nrt
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Energy and rate of energy transmitted by a given wave function

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Rubber bullet / metal bullet hitting wooden block

  • Kaxa2000
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Alternating current+Oscillation

  • blost
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How Do You Calculate the Angular Momentum of Big Ben's Clock Hands?

  • cdubsean
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Two objects connected by a cord, with a pulley.

  • budd99
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When Can You Pretend All the Mass is at the Center of Mass?

  • Dr_bug
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How Does Friction Affect Motion on an Incline?

  • narcoyam
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What Is the Launch Angle of a Ball Thrown Against a Wall?

  • richpetty888
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Static Equilibrium and tension of a beam

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Conductor inside capacitor check

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Standing Between 2 Plane Mirrors

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Help momentum, recoil speed [simple]

  • davedays
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How Is Momentum Conserved in a Glider Collision?

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Two questions Speed question, momentum in collisions

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