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Is my solution for the Bungee Tension Problem correct?

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How to use Weibull distribution when it comes to wind?

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Constant Acceleration -- Equation for Vavge

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Best truss bridge design for this school project?

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F=ma experiment: Trolley being pulled by a falling weight

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How can I increase the wavelength of light photons?

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Fireworks Sound level at difference distances

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What Are the Normal and Shear Stresses on the Inclined Butt Weld?

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Cylinder balancing in a single plane and in two planes

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Oscillations of a Block Mass attached to a Spring on an Incline

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Does someone understand this picture? (Solar heating)

  • Kolika28
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Rocket moving through a cloud of dust, variable mass problem

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How Long Does It Take a Dropped Bag to Fall from a Helicopter?

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What Is the Internal Energy of an Electron Moving at 0.750c0?

  • Barry Melby
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Relativistic motion of an electron in a uniform electric field

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Using the Conservation of Energy to find the Radius of a Bowl

  • Alexandra Fabiello
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Help with a magnetic field problem

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Solving a Spring-Mass-Box System:Energy Conservation

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Astrophysics databases — Where can I find them?

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Bouyancy Question: Two weights on strings, with one weight submerged

  • norcal36
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How forces act on a shape and its centre of Mass

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Kinematics equations: Prove that a=vdv/ds

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Energy change in a nuclear reaction

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Electric current and resistance question

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Small error in calculating the value of g with an Atwood machine

  • Ellio
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Rocket Trajectory Prediction: Understanding the Key Factors

  • Duncan LK
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Find the height to which a mass rises

  • gnits
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Checking the Lorentz transformation

  • QipshaqUli
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Hydrogen emission spectrum calculation

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How Do You Calculate the Tension of a Cello String?

  • ac7597
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Force on side of tank filled with liquid of variable specific weight

  • CheesyPeeps
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Friction coefficient and the force on a syringe plunger

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Why energy conservation fails for bullet embedded in rotating rod

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Moving a box on an inclined plane. Find F(min), angle and W(min)

  • Michael_0039
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Projectile Motion : Work and Energy

  • ReCryptic
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Electromagnetism EMF induction calculations

  • imranh88
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Understanding Units of Force (Newtons and Pascals)

  • tomtomtom1
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Is our reasoning about constant motion accurate?

  • jedimath
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On-Axis Field of a Uniformly Magnetized Sphere

  • Luke Tan
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How Does Energy Conservation Affect SHM in a Mass-Spring System?

  • gnits
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Mechanical Advantage of a Compound Wedge

  • goodboybaddog
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Voltage and current as functions of time for a series RL circuit

  • Davidllerenav
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Converting Candelas to Lumens for Car Headlights

  • YoshiMoshi
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Conservation of angular momentum?

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Find the force while lapping a specimen

  • blueboo33
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Derivation of the oscillation period for a vertical mass-spring system

  • User1265
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Photoelectrons and Planck's constant

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Understanding T^2 x L Graphing for Simple Pendulum Experiment

  • shivam28
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Electric field at a point from a 4.8 nC charge at (2.5 cm, 0.7 cm)

  • nezsmith
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Write Maxwell’s first equation in simpler form (in wave number space)

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Frequency in an AC circuit given capacitance, voltage, and current

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Calculate the average force used to drag a box up a ramp

  • RyanRhino
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Finding the combined capacitance between A and B

  • Eitan Levy
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[Special Relativity] Lorentz Transformation and Boosts

  • Athenian
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Propagation of Error for Sodium Doublet Lines

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Circular fringes in a Fabry-Perot Interferometer

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Invariance of the Lorentz transform

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Energy Conservation as an explanation for v=0 for spring mass system

  • User1265
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Water temperature with two materials cooling it

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What is the frequency of sound when a ball bounces off a wall?

  • fizzyfiz
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Thermodynamics - Change in temperature for heated slabs of steel

  • CJoy
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Some quick questions concerning uniform acceleration and linear motion

  • Ellio
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Help with the phase of the solution for a driven oscillator

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What is the resistance of the bulb filament

  • isay1224
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[Special Relativity] - Finding Angle θ as Measured in Frame S

  • Athenian
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[Special Relativity] Scalar Invariant under a Lorentz-transformation

  • Athenian
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Clarifying Ambiguities in High School Physics Problems

  • physicslady123
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Why are centripetal and gravitational forces equal in orbiting bodies?

  • Moolisa
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Understanding Static Equilibrium and Beam Forces: A Troubleshooting Guide

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Calculating Average Linear Velocity: 1.66m/s to 1.73m/s

  • sci0x
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Find the force acting per unit width on the vertical wall

  • Kaushik
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Optics focal length and optical power Question

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Harmonic motion of four meter sticks

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How Accurate Is the Physics Behind a Bullet Striking a Metal Plate?

  • jisbon
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What elements account for these absorption lines seen?

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Max Power of a Tesla SUV: Solving F(net)=F(app)-F(resistance)

  • physicslady123
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Torque Calculations: Solve for Disc Revolutions with Opposing Torque

  • Kratos521
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Help with an energy problem found on the Phet Website

  • Rainy_Pass
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The Time to Fall in a Plunge Orbit

  • Jenab2
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How Do You Calculate Angular Momentum Components?

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What Angle Are the Two Surfaces at?

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How does polarization show the wave nature of light?

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How Does Thermal Expansion Affect the Density of Liquids?

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How to find the magnetic field and magnetic force due to a solenoid loop

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Calculating Masses Using Gravitational Force Equations

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How Do Drones Achieve Flight Control?

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Electromechanical Systems: Determine the voltage across a moving coil

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[University Special Relativity] Lorentz Transformation and Boosts

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Rotational Inertia and Net Torque with Friction

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An object with mass m moving on x'x and Ep(x) = (1/2)*k*(x^2 - 4)^2

  • Michael_0039
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Finding angles of nodal lines in two-point source interference

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Question about gravitational force

  • Ellio
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How Do You Calculate Torques for a Ladder in Static Equilibrium?

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Finding the energy of a charged sphere

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Waves: Calculate the sound intensity from two speakers

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Average speed of a probability density wave and wave packets

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Calculating the Ratio of Apparent Weight on a Ferris Wheel

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Newton's 2nd Law: Pile of Books on a Table Being Moved

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