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Calculating lift using bernoulli's equation

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What Must the Reading on Scale A Be and the Mass of Block Z?

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Find the Final Temperature of Metal and Water in a Thermodynamics Problem

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Work done by cables on railroad cars

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Accident Analysis: Find Speed of Sedan and SUV Before Collision

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Momentum Lab Help: Understanding Collisions in AP Physics B Course

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Time and velocity for diver falling from 5 meter board

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How would you solve the following physics acceleration and free fall problem?

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What is the charge ratio between two equipotential spheres?

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Question on gravitation(low-altitude satellite)

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What is the net force on the object?

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Is My Calculation of Force on a Gas-Filled Box Correct?

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Binary star system distance between stars

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How to Calculate Net Torque on a Beam about Different Axes

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Find its angular acceleration in radians per second per second

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Total moment of inertia of a two particle system

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Help With Projectile Motion Calculation for Brick Throw at Moving Trash Truck

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Calculating Net Force and Deacceleration in a Head-On Collision

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Three Blocks Two Pulleys and a Table

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Consider a circuit where 2 resistors are connected in parallel

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How Does Catching a Ball Affect Angular Momentum and Speed on a Turntable?

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Momentum of blocks compressing spring

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Determining if resistances in circuit are in series or parallel

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Why is the P wave distance through Earth 2R sin(30°)?

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What is the Force Exerted by a Heated Steel Beam with Clamped Ends?

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Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Field

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De broglies wavlength and energy

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Acceleration of slinding crate pushed and pulled at the same time

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Calculating Energy at Niagara Falls

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Total kinetic energy of two masses on inclined plane with pulley

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Gravitation: Mass Ratio, Separation, and Potential Maximum

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Something about Physics and Global Position System(GPS)

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Soapbox car with friction on 55° hill

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Calculating Electric Field from Force on a Charge

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Mechanics ynamics (Newton's 2nd Law?)

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Angular speed uniform rod problem

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Electrical field of an equialateral triangle

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Calculating Acceleration on Ice: Max Possible for 60.9kg Person

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Finding charges and currents with capacitors in steady state

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Difference between in situ and potential temp in water

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Three projectile motion problems: angle of launch

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Calculating moments of intertia

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Where is the electric field zero between a 6μC and 1μC charge?

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Center of mass of a non-uniform rod

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Angular displacement and bicyclist

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Constant Torque Find magnitude of friction force

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Energy required to lift a heavy box (pulley problem)

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Can a Field Player Catch a Baseball Hit at 27 m/s and 32 Degrees?

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Change in momentum when a ball bounces off a wall

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What is the time it takes for a player to come to a stop from sliding?

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Water Level floating ice physics

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How to Solve a 2D Projectile Problem: Finding Angle and Velocity

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Apparent depth with multiple indices of refraction

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Third Law of Motion Problem Finding average Force

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Circular motion - determining expression for a position vector

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Kinematics ramp and crate problem

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B-Field at a Perpendicular Distance

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What is the velocity of each ball when the rod hits the ground?

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Change in an expression that I don't understand

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Current and power in restisor combo

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Error in T from x, s, and theta using error propagation

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What is the acceleration of each body in the given figure?

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Apparent depth of coin through water and benzene layers

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Computer disk reference dot: position and speed after 1 second acceleration

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What is the torque of the motor in our Lego car project?

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Finding minimum velocity for a flea to jump over a log

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How Fast Will the Skier Be After Crossing the Snow Patch?

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Superconducting train principle

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Displacement and average velocity

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What is the force acting on a box on a conveyor belt?

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Projectiles, 2D Motion, displacement and average velocity

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Kinetic theory of gases theory question

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Is L(x,y) = (x-1,y-x) a linear transformation?

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Calculating Time Dilation in Inertial Frames

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Two vectors and the angle between them.

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Simple (or should be) Trigonomic question

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How Much Does Increasing Engine Power Affect Top Speed Due to Air Drag?

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Work-energy theorem problem - I have it close to correct

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Pullies, masses, and acceleration

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How do I calculate net force given two force vectors and other parameters?

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Relative Velocity of Rain Drops in a Moving Vehicle

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A cart and pulley problem with a twist

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Drawing diagram given direction and degrees

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Fairly simple rolling and slipping ball problem.

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Projectile Motion Problem -Diving off cliff

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Elastic Collision, Equal Masses

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Conservation of Energy (2-Dimensional)

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Equilibrium Style Question involving a Weight

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How to Use Newton's Laws to Solve a Sliding Ramp Problem

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Critical angle- two climbers in a roped party

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How long does it take a 9.0 N force to stop a dog and skateboard?

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