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Velocity in uniform circular motion

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Inclined Pulley system, little information given.

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Find Displacement involving Coeff. Kin. Fr. & init. Velocity

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Physics Homework - Coefficent of friction.

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How much ahead the front axle does the wheel jet the water that it pick

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What Went Wrong with Calculating Impulse in Impulse-Momentum Theory?

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The conversion of electrical energy to heat energy.

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Mechanical properties of solids questions

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Conservation of angular momentum

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What happens to the center of mass after a collision?

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Work energy theorem involving a pulley

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How Does Gauss's Law Apply to Non-Spherical Geometries?

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How do basketball players jump straight up into the air?

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Energy Transfer in a Water and Aluminum Pan System

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Subtracting Vectors: How to Find Magnitude of A-B

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Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies - Relative Motion

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Semiconductors and light effects

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What is the spring force constant k for a ball dropped onto a spring?

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How Does a Leaking Cubical Pendulum Affect Its Period?

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Static friction on inclined surface

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Ball in the Air for 2.4s: Acceleration, Juggler's Speed & Time Elapsed

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Projectiles, 2D Motion, Bullet falling

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Calculating Force on a Coil near a Straight Wire: Exploring Electromagnetism

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Force on Wire in Magnetic Field w/ 2 Ends & Half Circle

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Stationary circuit: can current pass THROUGH a battery?

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What is Lenz's Law and how does it relate to magnetics?

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Vectors, Forces Accelerating a Train

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Newton's Third law problem Astronaut and Force

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Conservation of Kinetic Energy Proof

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Three strings and a weight, need tensions in strings

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Bullet fired from a moving train.

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Minimum distance from a repulsive central force

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How Fast Are Rockets Moving at Moon's Orbit?

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What Determines the Terminal Speed of a Skier?

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What is the speed of the rock physics

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Maximum distance in orbit from center of a planet

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How Do You Calculate Maximum Spring Compression in an Inelastic Collision?

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Finding Kinetic Energy Loss in Equal Mass Collisions

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Help with total work done by friction problem

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Rope tension on a mountain climber

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Newbie needs muchos help (thanks)

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A Banked Turn With Friction- min and max velocity

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How much work and how much force do we use in pushing a box

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Kicking a Football: Vertical Distance & Velocity

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Calculating Magnetic Field Strength of Magnetron

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How Do You Calculate the Total Charge in a Solenoid with Time-varying EMF?

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Newtons cooling law not making sense

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Projectile motion question totally stuck

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Calculating Force of Bat on Ball: Physics Homework Solution

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What is the force exerted by a football on a kicker's foot?

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Force exerted by water on diver (2nd law of Motion)

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Calculating Work Done by Horse in 9.9 minutes

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Thermodynamics and Steam Engine

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Using physics to prove my innocence

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How Much Initial Kinetic Energy is Rotational in a Rolling Sphere?

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Rolling as Translation and Rotation Combined

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Using a Geiger–Müller tube to prove inverse square law

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Pendulum Impact Force Calculation

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Pulley Mass Calculation: Atwood's Machine

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Three vectors A, B, and C add together to yield zero

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Average speed of the gasoline as it leaves the nozzle?

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Which spot on earth would have the fewest # of satellite's visible?

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VERY DIFFICULT 2-D Motion Problems

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Help With Graphs Homework: Units of Slope, Slope Value, & Percent Error

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Finding Tension when Mass Accelerates

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Magnetism Question Can't figure it out

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Solving for v, we getv=\sqrt{\frac{2}{m}\int_{x_1} ^{x_2} F dx}

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How fast is the rod moving after it has traveled 8.00 m down the rails?

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Solving Vector Problems with Law of Sines and Pythagorean Theorem

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me on this prolem ( Magnetic Field).

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Momentum, conservation, collision

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Ramp and Pulley: Solve for Acceleration, Tension & Projection

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Metal Wire in Equilibrium & Steady-State

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Where is the Velocity of a Particle Moving Along the x-axis a Maximum?

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Tension of string between two blocks

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Finding Acceleration of Gravity of Fictional Planet

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Magnitude of vertical force. What am I doing wrong? x_X

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Solving a Physics Problem: Determining Seal's Slide Distance

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Centripetal Force HW: Determine Tension & Speed of Chair

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Photoelectric Effect and electrons

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What were the velocity and direction of the glass as it fell?

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Calculate Magnetic Field from Current on a Loop of Wire

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Phase change Melting ice with hot tea.

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Finding block flight distance (work/energy/projectile motion)

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Banked Curves using Radius and speed

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Total tension in wire due to bird

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How High Does a Projectile Reach When Fired Upwards?

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Projectile Motion assignment - Building a projectile launcher

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How High Does the Crate Reach on the Inclined Plane?

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Is This the Correct Solution for Kirchhoff's Loop Problem?

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Solving Tension in 3 Cords: Find T_a in Terms of W

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How to Solve a Time-Dependent Force Problem for a Gliding Puck

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What is the Velocity and Distance of a Block on an Incline?

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Understanding the Relationship Between Power and Motion in Physics

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Calculate Max Height & Distance of Arrow Shot at 30°

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