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Electric field from a cylindrical shell

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What is the force exerted on a bullet leaving a rifle?

  • physicsquest
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Angular Position, Velocity, and Accelration.

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Kinetic Friction toboggan Problem

  • r_swayze
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How Long Will It Take for a Spaceship and Asteroid to Meet?

  • ShamTheCandle
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Centripetal motion, how to find radius?

  • cruisx
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Solve Friction Problems: Physics Homework Help

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Electron in Homogeneous Electric Field

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How to Calculate Friction Force for a Box Being Dragged on a Level Floor?

  • zhangster11
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Work done in a reversible adiabatic expansion

  • Trowa
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How Can the Tension in a Cord Without Mass Be Found?

  • pharoh123
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Static Equilibrium Homework: Find the Force on A and B

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Gravity in space problem just asteroids instead help

  • darthxepher
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Time for light to reach earth homework

  • phys1120
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Current in a resistor and potential difference

  • tag16
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How High Does a Basketball Bounce When Thrown at an Angle?

  • ryno2107
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Solve for Initial Speed: Inelastic Collisions with Ballistic Pendulum

  • patelkey
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Speed of Bullet: Solving for Velocity in Wood Block Collision

  • kristibella
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Calculating Centripetal Acceleration & Force in Two Cars

  • pookisantoki
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Electric Potential Homework: Answers to 1 & 2

  • nns91
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How Do Magnetic Fields Behave Around Parallel Infinite Current Sheets?

  • deerhunt713
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Max Angle of Rolling Solid Cylinder on Inclined Plane | CaptFormal

  • CaptFormal
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Projectile motion and initial speed

  • juliorevka
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Centripetal acceleration centrifuge

  • pookisantoki
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What Speed Does the Man Hit the Ground?

  • sacsac
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Calculate DN for 25 m/s Fire Hose Flow

  • Saladsamurai
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Tricky Physics Problem - Picture Included -

  • Elthamer
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Finding magnitude of a particle

  • sweetipie2216
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Current through a branch of a circuit

  • exitwound
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Cylindrical Capacitor

  • rey242
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Solving Part B: Acceleration of End B after String Cut

  • CaptFormal
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Few questions on mass and velocity

  • sonutulsiani
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Newton's Law of Motion Problem, HELP :'(

  • manu248
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Questions on forces and coefficients

  • Kingbaldur
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Max % Change in Station Angular Speed Due to People Movement

  • franknew
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Is a simple pendulum simple harmonic motion?

  • maccha
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How to get x vs t and v vs t equations?

  • CChubbs
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Quick Kinetic Energy question - only confirmation of answer needed.

  • Griffy11
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How to Find Accelerations in a Two-Object Pulley System?

  • phish
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A Proton is Accelerated Through What Voltage?

  • chunkytuna21
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How Do You Calculate Cable Tension in a Balancing System?

  • markles
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How does radial forc vary with the radius of its circular path?

  • Arshad_Physic
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Two sequential elastic collisions with mass ratios 2:1

  • munchy35
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Help determining the Kinetic Energy of the Earth

  • franknew
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Centripetal Force and free body diagram

  • KL90
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Mathematical pendulum - Arbitrary-amplitude period

  • dingo_d
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Static friction on an inclined plane.

  • megatron99
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Complicated Puck Problem (consevation of forces)

  • Chuck 86
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How Does Boyle's Law Apply to a Bicycle Pump and Tire System?

  • LadyDiana1011
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Solving Block on Incline Homework: F_w, F_n, F_f, & Theta

  • Chandasouk
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What is the critical deceleration at which a seat belt locks?

  • jannieDelta
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Basic circuit/intensity and distance vs time graph question.

  • Griffy11
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Earth's Magnetic Field question

  • Suy
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Find Energy stored in System of capacitors

  • silkyjohnson
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Solving for Tension in Cement Bag Wires

  • intriqet
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Velocity from Kinetic energy and work energy theorem

  • IAmSparticus
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Work Energy Theorem, Kinetic Energy, and Tension

  • IAmSparticus
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Simple Circuit Question (KVL/KCL)

  • Novark
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How Do You Calculate the Distance for Torque Equilibrium?

  • JamesEarl
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The Average Force Exerted on the Ball

  • Tavia15
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Stopping Distance (Friction and Kinematics)

  • Chandasouk
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What Is the Final Velocity at the Highest Point of a Pendulum?

  • warfreak131
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How to Calculate Remaining Charge on a Capacitor After Discharge?

  • haxxorboi
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Solve 1D Elastic Collision of Blocks: Speed of Block 3

  • student35
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Solving Simple Angle Problem: -63.65° to Positive

  • Osbourne_Cox
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Equilibrim Physics Problems – Solve Now!

  • gnarrr
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Vector displacement between ship and plane

  • waldvocm
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Completely inelastic collision.

  • Jimmy25
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Adiabatic Wind Descending Homework Problem

  • DK007
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How Does Wind Affect an Airplane's Flight Path?

  • helpmee
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Two objects of different masses slide up an inclined plane.

  • megatron99
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Solving for Acceleration and Friction on an Inclined Plane

  • mickjagger
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How Far Does a Box Slide Before Stopping If Pushing Force Is Removed?

  • Chandasouk
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Finding Density of a Planet Using Period of Orbit

  • surferdud3
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Moment of inertia of Sierpinski carpet

  • player1_1_1
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Change in Kinetic Energy of a Cart + Pulley System

  • Flamefury
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Projectile Motion - Baseball Homework Solution

  • 1irishman
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Energy of a solid rotating sphere

  • wduff
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How Does an Unusual Force Affect Harmonic Oscillator Behavior?

  • Onias
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Questions about Electrostatic Fields

  • penguin007
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How Do Counterweights Affect the Sag of a Rope Bridge?

  • maroonandgold
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Circular motion of a car and curve

  • pankti_ptl
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Pushing a box across horizontal surface

  • Chandasouk
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Pulley on an Incline: Finding Mass & Acceleration

  • mmoadi
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Uniform rectangular plate equilibrium problem

  • kudoushinichi88
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Calculating Thermal Dilation in Sodium Using Bulk Modulus and Temperature

  • daudaudaudau
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Calculate Resultant Force and Angle of Object at Origin

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Solve Projectile Speed Problem: Intuition or Formula?

  • Jngo22
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Interference: Resultant intensity.

  • physlol
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Angular velocity of 5000 kg satellite orbiting 800 km above Earth

  • crazuiee
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4 identical point charges on a rectangle's corners

  • S.U.S
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How Does Momentum Relate to Gravity in Falling Objects?

  • kevinli
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What Is the Self-Locking Angle for a Block on a Steel Tabletop?

  • jumpyroo92
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