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Calculating the Force on a Parachuter Falling at 25 ms-1

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Which way does an electron curve in a magnetic field into the page?

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Does Adjusting Oscilloscope Controls Alter the Input Signal?

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Tension - two objects and a string

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Calculating gauge pressure from water column height

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What is the maximum amplitude of oscillation of the system

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Spring with friction (nonconservative force)?

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Calculating Water Resistance for a Rowboat with Known Forces

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Calculating Work Done by Sled Dogs: A Frustrating Challenge!

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Finding Center of Mass - Plate with hole

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Man pulling himself up by rope over pulley at constant velocity

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How much power is lost in heating the wires of a power line

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Calculating work done by E field/voltage

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How does current split at a junction in a circuit with parallel resistors?

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How Does a Clay Ball Impact the Rotation Angle of a Rod?

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How Do I Find the Acceleration at the Intersection?

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Friction, kinematics, and elastic and inelastic collisions

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Solving a Robot Probe Homework Problem on Mars

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Finding Unknowns in Circuits: Using Loop Rules and Substitution

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Ball rolling down an incline: How to calculate final velocity?

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Do Adults and Children Swing at the Same Frequency?

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Damped simple harmonic motion question

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What was wrong with my calculation?

  • stanton
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Elastic collision with no info on object 1

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Find Voltage VX in the Given Network Circuit

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Forces involved in circular motion

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What is the reaction force to tension in circular motion?

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Why Must the String Be Parallel to the Surface in Friction Experiments?

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Finding mass and center of gravity of nonuniform meterstick

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Is It Zero? Tangential and Centripetal Acceleration on a Rotating Disk

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What is the deceleration of the vehicle?

  • Kev1n
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Maximum Compression of Spring on Ramp

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Caculating velocity on a different points on a rim of a wheel

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How Is Work Calculated for a Constantly Moving Elevator?

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What is the potential energy of a board placed on the edge of a roof?

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Tension, very simple , but confusing

  • kylelomba8
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How High Does the Crate Reach on the Lunar Crater's Inclined Plane?

  • Leesh09
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Max speed of small mass in trebuchet with stiff rod

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Calculating Acceleration in a Pulley System with Inclined Boxes

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Minimising the perimeter of a tunnel with a fixed area

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Ball thrown from 35m roof lands 29m away, max height 12m above launch

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How Does Wind Affect Airplane Groundspeed and Flight Angle?

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Finding the change in length of a nylon string

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Why is electric potential energy U defined negative in this example?

  • The_Lobster
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Conservation of Momentum in an Explosion Problem

  • indietro
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Momentum and impulse of a ball dropped

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Calculating upthrust on a solid object

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Reactions at ball and socket joint and cord tensions in pipe assembly

  • nrp88
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What is the coefficient of fluid resistance for water?

  • Esran
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Is the current density larger, smaller, or the same?

  • tag16
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Why can √(2gh) be pulled out of the surface integral?

  • Saladsamurai
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Why Does OH- Have a Negative Standard Molar Entropy?

  • Trowa
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Bullet fired into rotating cylinder, find angular velocity

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Direction of induced current when closing a switch in a larger coil

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What is the Potential Energy of a Twisted Spiral Spring?

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Solving Forces on an Inclined Ice Block: 6.2 kg, 17 degrees, u = 0.030

  • matt1687
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How Do You Derive the Torsional Pendulum Period Formula?

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Block, Ramp, Friction, and Spring

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Calculate CM Speed of Rod on Compressed Spring

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Finding Horizontal Distance in Projectile Motion

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Finding angular acceleration when initial angular velocity is unknown

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Work done on a particle by a nonconservative force

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How Much Energy Is Lost to Friction When a Mass Pulls Down a Spool of Wire?

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Modeling potential energy equations of a balloon bungee jumper

  • Pinkk
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Thermodynamics- Refrigerator Problem

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Torque Of Lever Arm in 1st/2nd Class Levers

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Timed freefall + sound to respond from cave

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Solving Two Barges moving in the Same Direction

  • patelkey
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Δd ball / Force Applied Ball - Completely stumped.

  • Monocerotis
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Solving Basic Physics Problems: A Dive off a 200m Cliff in Mexico

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Collision position after elastic collision and wall bounce

  • patelkey
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Finding the vertical force to tip a coffee cup

  • nrp88
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How Is the Mass of a Block Determined When It Compresses a Spring?

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Tension of two strings with centripetal acceleration?

  • Elenor
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Solving Physics Problems: Circus Performer Falling into a Safety Net

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Symmetry in projectile motion and velocity graphs

  • NRP
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Inelastic Collisions: Solving for Spring Displacement

  • patelkey
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Proton Bombardment Work and Energy

  • am13
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Kinetics after car left the cliff.

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Projectile Motion Arrow Problem

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Calculating the Coefficient of Static Friction

  • Sachin_Sharma
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How do I find tangential acceleration?

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How Does Gauss's Law Apply to Nested Spherical Shells with Charges?

  • stroperica
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Mass of a planet using a satellite

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Laws of motion/static friction problem

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How Does Wind Affect the Maximum Height of a Pendulum on Venus?

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Should a Space Explorer Push or Kick a Floating Rock?

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Finding tension on multiple points.

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Conservative force, kinetic energy

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How much work is done on the skier in the first 8.9 seconds of descent?

  • The Merf
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Time needed to reduce charge of a capacitor

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Force of Earth's gravity on a spacecraft

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Screwdriver bounce height after losing 95% of kinetic energy

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Work done climbing a flight of stairs.

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Caculating velocity on a different points on a rim of a wheel- AGAIN

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Find Speed of Gayle & Brother on Sled After Descent from Hill

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