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How Is Momentum Conserved in a Glider Collision?

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Why decompose the normal force instead of gravity in banked curves

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Two questions Speed question, momentum in collisions

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Work done compressing a spring between block and wall

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Understanding Snapshot and History Graphs for Waves

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Forces and finding tension of rope

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Friction force needed for merry-go-round circular motion

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What is the Maximum Velocity of a Person Falling from a 35 Meter Tower?

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What is the mass of the other block in this block and pulley system?

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Projectiles Problem - hardest physics problem I have ever faced

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Springs and Potential Energy

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What Force Accelerates a Sled on Snowy Ground?

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What is the Equivalent Capacitance of a Single Capacitor Setup?

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When is rotational energy conserved?

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Calculating Speed for High Jump of 1.60m

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What is the Bernoulli Equation?

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50 kg skater pushed 0.4m with 150N force, slides 80m before stopping

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Determining Mass of Binary Star Systems Using Center of Mass Method

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Speed of skeleton racer at bottom of 104m track

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What is the magnitude of the current density across A1 ?

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Solving Pixels: OCR Advancing Physics Book

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A problem that i spotted about expansion;

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Pulley and Work Energy problems

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Impulse steel ball falling on steel slab

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Average Power of 1000 kg Sports Car from 0 to 25 m/s

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Understanding Node Spacing in Standing Waves

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Circuit with capacitor question

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Calculating F2 for Double and Triple Changes in Coulombs Law"

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Finding Rotational Energy and Acceleration of Decending Mass

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Pressure change in air bed as temperature increases from 17 to 37°C

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Angular velocity for a turntable

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Image positions in perpendicular mirrors setup

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How Are the Masses of Binary Stars Calculated?

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Universal law of gravitation(variables)

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Cable tension at midpoint, quarter-point and support for 1600 foot span

  • gu3szwhoo
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How Is the Man's Mass Calculated from Throwing a Ball on Ice?

  • davedays
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Find number of turns in the solenoid

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Collision Problem: Find Mass of Second Box

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Maximizing Strength: Smaller Angles in Guy Wires

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Refraction angle for shooting arrow at submerged object

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How Does Friction Affect a Small Block on a Moving Incline?

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How Fast Does a Stapling Gun's Ram Move at Impact?

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SPHERICAL CAPACITOR - with two insulating shells

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An angle at which the body cannot be moved

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Minimum Velocity for Pendulum to Clear Arc

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What Force Keeps a Submerged Rubber Ball in Equilibrium?

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Why is the direction of the dipole moment always taken from -q to +q?

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Find the Function of a Bungee Cord for Egg Drop

  • larso5
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Finding Current and Potential Difference in a LCR Circuit

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Calculating Torque on a Playground Merry-Go-Round

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Power in fullwave rectified circuit

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Rigid body solid: center of mass and tendency to topple

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Tangential and centripetal acceleration of a bug on a rotating disk

  • Dr_bug
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Propagation of error if one of the values is 0

  • nietzsche
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A mass is attached to two strings, derive a formulas for sum of forces

  • Kat11111
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Constant Acceleration and Free Fall Problem

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Calculating the Period of a Pendulum with Varying Acceleration

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Study Question - Real Battery with bulb, current/resistance

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Ferris Wheel Homework: Centripetal Acceleration & Forces

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Tangential and centripetal acceleration problem

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Finding catapult work on jet without mass given

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Grinding wheel stopping time and angular displacement

  • Dr_bug
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Where Is the Point of Zero Net Force Between Planet Angeles and Its Moon?

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Finding gravity from cannon projectile range on a mesa

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Why Is the Equipotential Line Tangent to the Thick Black Line?

  • yitriana
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Why a glass lens cannot focus white light correctly

  • songoku
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Angular acceleration of a drill

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Momentum Conservation in Collisions: Equal Mass Carts

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Block released from spring slides up a ramp

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Finding deceleration when Leroy on skateboard hits a wall

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Pendulum and free-fall basketball lab analysis questions

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Pulling vs Pushing: Which is Easier for Moving Chairs?

  • coolone_888
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AZING PHYSICS: What Can a Cone Teach Us About Motion?

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Finding the Normalizing Constant for the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution

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Newton's Law on Circular Motion

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2-dimentional movement of a point

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How Fast Can an Astronaut Walk on Europa?

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Velocity versus time form acceleration versus time

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Period and force for satellites at different orbital radii

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Bell shrinking due to water pressure

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Speed of a conical pendulum bob

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Couple Multiple Choice questions on force and centripetal acceleration.

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Funny email received with Physics PE problem

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Distance between water molecules.

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Average force applied by baseball on glove

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Finding Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion

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Do gases have a definite volume?

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Can static and kinetic friction cause motion?

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Calculating the Distance of Canoe Movement

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Finding equilibrium temperature when water pours onto ice

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Theoretical Expression for %loss in Kinetic Energy

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Bullet bouncing off a 5 kg block connected to a spring

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What Is the Initial Velocity of the Bullet Before Impact?

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C: Finding Resultant Forces at an Angle

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