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Newton's Second Law for a Single Force

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Finding speed from horizontal and vertical velocity components

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Finding the contact force on the patella from two tendons

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How Does a Car's Acceleration Affect the Angle of a Hanging Air Freshener?

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Calculating the coefficient of friction

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Bullet passing through wooden block on frictionless surface

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How Do You Calculate Frictional Force for Moving Boxes?

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Magnitude of the Velocity- Projectile Problem

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How Far Does the Boat Move When Juliet Joins Romeo at the Rear?

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Maximum height of 3 kg object after 5.5 kg falls 4.5 m

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Calculating y-Coord of Center of Mass in Unique Shape

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How Should Logs Be Arranged in a Wheelbarrow to Minimize Back Strain?

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Distance Traveled By A Car-Kinematics Problem

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What exactly is a resonance frequency?

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RL circuit with parallel resistor at t = 0.224 s

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Where is the point where the Earth's gravity is cancelled by the moon?

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Conservation of momentum theoretical question

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Find current generated from photoelectric effect.

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Merry Go Round (Centripetal Force)

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Calculating Force in a Human Cannonball Act: How Is It Done?

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What is the Missing Information in Determining Wind Speed and Direction?

  • PhysicsMark
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Vector addition and subtraction with a diagram

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Kinetic Energy - Spring Stiffness

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Velocity of bullet fired from a gun

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How to Find the Instantaneous Axis of Rotation?

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How much TNT equals 1 gram of U-235 in energy?

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Collision of Two Cars: Calculating Velocity

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Flywheel Acceleration Time Calc: Solve for Time to Reach Max Speed

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Airplane heading to land due north with 100 km/h wind

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Calculating Angular Speed of a Shaft with Given Angular Acceleration

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Rite away , might be losing my mind

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Distance between two stones dropped 1.31 s apart

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What Is the Correct Calculation of Lift Force for an Ascending Helicopter?

  • jrbillbrian
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Force applied at an angle to a box?

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Artificial Gravity in a space station

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Calculating Forces on Boxcars in a Train: Newtons and Acceleration

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Voltage in capacitor after switch has been closed

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Worker walking on flatcar: how far does the flatcar move?

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Distance to Moon from light travel time of 2.562 seconds

  • wilson_chem90
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Tension in link B between train carriages

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Elastic Collisions in One Dimension

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Ball thrown a distance at an angle, looking for maximum height.

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Finding Mass of part of a block that explodes.

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Resolving Forces for Periodic Motion in a Suitcase

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Mechanics problem - Serway/Jewett 4.61

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How Does a Box's Speed Change When Sliding Down a Frictionless Ramp?

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Amperian loop encircling two current loops gives wrong sign

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Finding minimum angular speed? in rpms

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Rolling vs. Sliding: Which Ball Reaches Bottom Faster?

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Thermodynamics Question- Melting Temp

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A child going down a slide with friction

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Man on a plank- Center of Mass pb.

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Block sliding on block with friction between them

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Finding a change in angular velocity, with out I equation

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Solving Static Equilibrium: Find D for Tension of 1200 N

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Accelerometer and Displacement

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Work to pull a chain back onto a table using energy methods

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Does Work in an Inclined System Only Occur in the Y Direction?

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How Do You Solve the Supernode Equation Involving Node C?

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Projectile Problem: Find "d" on 10° Incline

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Net force on falling apple with wind and gravity

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How Do You Calculate the Time and Speed of a Toy Car Falling Off a Table?

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How Do You Calculate Projectile Motion for a Toy Car and an Arrow?

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Why Is My Calculation of Magnetic Potential Energy Incorrect?

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Calculating Work: Piano Lowering 5m, 2500N Gravity, T1 1830N, T2 1295N

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Static Equilibrium of pedestals

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Work on Moving a 186kg Refrigerator

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Which Path is Fastest for a Rolling Sphere: Straight Line or Curve?

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Find the Normal Force of a box in an elevator cab

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Battery Problem, Power delivered ,energy dissipated

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Find center of mass using rotational equilibrium

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What Is the Induced EMF in a Circular Coil at t = 5 s?

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Solving for Tensions with Different Angles

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How far will a car travel when decelerating from 60km/h to 10km/h in 2.0s?

  • xcompulsion
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Why Is My Calculation of Lens Object Distance Incorrect?

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How Far is the Third Interference Minimum in a Double Slit Experiment?

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Falling monkeys (Projectile motion problem)

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Hydrogen-deuterium fusion reaction and kinetic energy release

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A train that is momentarily at rest, Newton's Laws

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Derive the expression for the electric field

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What total energy transfers from this motor during this work?

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Three stacked blocks w/ friction between sliding on frictionless floor

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How do I calculate the force applied to a tennis ball when it is hit by Pete?

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How to do error analysis in this lab on linear motion

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Distance Traveled During 5th Second of Coasting

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Finding coefficient of kinetic friction for 24 kg crate with 53 N force

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What is the Force Exerted Between a Car and Trailer During Acceleration?

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How Do You Calculate the Center of Mass for a Plate with a Circular Hole?

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Magnetic field due to current loop

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Finding Thevenin voltage without a known current

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Calculating Kinetic Energy without Time: Is it Possible?

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Solving Gauss's Law: Charges on Shell Surfaces

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Rocket launched at 53° with constant speed phase then crash

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Caculating the decline angle of a swing

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