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Electric potential at a point between 3 point charges

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What is the correct method for calculating the speed of a bicycle chain?

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Acceleration and friction problem

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Work by gravity from lowest to highest point of vertical circle

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Forces Problem involving acceleration and friction

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Momentum: laser beam and photons

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Finding the Temp of the Sun given only 3 variables.

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Elastic collision with 200g and 300g masses: need more initial data?

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Properties that determines the energy of a photon

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Expressing polar unit vectors in Cartesian coordinates

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How Many Amps flow through the lightbulb

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Finding Final Velocity of Cart in Grade 12 Physics Problem

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How Do You Calculate the Final Velocities in a 2D Coin Collision Problem?

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What is the speed of the skater's hands in rotational motion?

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Solving an 1100kg Car's Work Output on a 50m Hill

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How Do You Calculate Stopping Time and Deceleration for a Car?

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RC Circuit discharge question -

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Energy dissipated in circuit with two capacitors

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Downward-Facing Dog Equilibrium Question

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Solving for the Angle of a Baseball's Velocity in Projectile Motion

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Inductive reactance and length of the solenoid

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Physics II Lab - Fizeau's Experiment - Speed of Light

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Translational/Angular Acceleartion

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Electron equations of motion through an uniform magnetic field

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Value of g on Earth with a smaller radius

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The physics of wave properties on a string

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Show that A·(B×C) = B·(C×A) = C·(A×B)

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Proof of sen² 25º + cos² 45º + sen² 65º = 3/2

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Work and Distance: Is Work Done Without Acceleration?

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Integration Problem: Solving \oint e-ax^2dx = 1/4\sqrt{}\pi/a^3

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Finding Friction force impeding boxs motion

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Forces AND Friction AND Motion O MY

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Calculating Coefficient of Friction for a Sliding Hockey Puck on Ice

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Force of contact between two blocks on a frictionless table

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Freight car-caboose collision finding mass without velocities

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Minimize Tension of Mass m Hanging from Cords

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Calculating a magnetic field at a given point

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Calculating Escape Velocity on the Equator: Is It Possible?

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Spaceship entering pod with single rocket burn

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Is the Mass of the Second Person Required to Determine Force?

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Solving for When Ball is 25m Above Ground

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Meaning of Gravitational Field Outside Uniform Sphere

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What Causes a Motor to Draw More Current Than Expected?

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Projectile motion - Finding velocity (not given time or angle)

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What Is the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction on a 40 Degree Incline?

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Physics 2 lab problem help needed

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Current density equation with variable radius

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How Do You Calculate the Time Constant of an RL Circuit?

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Magnetic field between two long, straight wires

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What is the Correct Way to Calculate Average Force of Impulse?

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How Does This Basic RC Circuit Function?

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Elastic Collision: Contact Time?

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How Does Inductor Behavior Affect Circuit Current at t = 0.224 s?

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Newton's Third Law Tire on Road Question

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Rolling puck on a spinning disk

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Newton's 3rd law, tension, friction

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What Are the Physical and Chemical Properties of NaOH?

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Solving for the Direction of an Airplane in a Windy Flight

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How do I collapse a resistor circuit with series and parallel branches?

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3 balls are launched off a tall cliff with the same initial velocity

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Calculating Frictional Force on a Ladder: Torque Problem and Solution

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Nonuniform line of charge, find the electric potential

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Calculating the magnetic field

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Solving Frictionless System: Wood Block & Projectile

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Astronaut throws wrench to return to space station

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Falling meter stick on a frictionless surface

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How to Find the Acceleration of a Block and an Inclined Plane?

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Where does the angle go in a free body diagram?

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Period of Oscillation of a Meter Stick

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Trajectory and Force Problem: shot putter launch

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Distance After Release- Problem on Forces

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Curious about average velocity (v bar)

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Force on a car hitting a tree vs another car

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A car goes around a vertical circle (Uniform Circular Motion)

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Finding Initial Velocity and Angle in 2D Kinematics Problem

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How Do Friction, Tension, and Pulley Dynamics Affect Acceleration?

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Block resting on slop with friction - statics

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Motion with Constant Acceleration

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Father and Child Cart Spin: Calculating Rope Tension

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Calculate Speed of Exhaust Gas in Rocket Propulsion

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Finding the inertia of a tilted cylinder

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Painter on a balance beam (rotational motion and Torque)

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Disk vs ring vs block rolling and sliding down a frictionless incline

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Momentum questions - A-Level onwards standard (formulas and explanations needed)

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Sign of voltage across inductor

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Calculate the centre of mass of the object shown below

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Interacting Systems - The Sled Dog

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Circuit with switch resistors and capacitor

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Nucleus breaks into fragments with internal energy release

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