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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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Finding speed given force and distance

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Measuring the average speed of an object

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I get the answer, I just don't really understand why

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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?

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Angular Position, Velocity, and Accelration.

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Kinetic Friction toboggan Problem

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

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Centripetal motion, how to find radius?

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Help with friction problems

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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?

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Work done in a reversible adiabatic expansion

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

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Finding normal forces on two stools supporting a plank with weight

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Baseball orbiting an asteroid with density 2400 kg/m³

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Current in a resistor and potential difference

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

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Solve for Initial Speed: Inelastic Collisions with Ballistic Pendulum

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Speed of Bullet: Solving for Velocity in Wood Block Collision

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Centripetal acceleration and force for two cars on a curve

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Work to move charges between two points and proton acceleration

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How Do Magnetic Fields Behave Around Parallel Infinite Current Sheets?

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Max angle for solid cylinder to roll without slipping on incline

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Projectile motion and initial speed

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Centripetal acceleration centrifuge

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What Speed Does the Man Hit the Ground?

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Calculate DN for 25 m/s Fire Hose Flow

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Tricky Physics Problem - Picture Included -

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Finding magnitude of a particle

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Current through a branch of a circuit

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Cylindrical Capacitor

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Solving Part B: Acceleration of End B after String Cut

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Few questions on mass and velocity

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Learjet with 66000 N weight at constant velocity

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Questions on forces and coefficients

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Max % Change in Station Angular Speed Due to People Movement

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Is a simple pendulum simple harmonic motion?

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

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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?

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A Proton is Accelerated Through What Voltage?

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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?

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Two sequential elastic collisions with mass ratios 2:1

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Kinetic energy of Earth's rotation

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Centripetal Force and free body diagram

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Mathematical pendulum - Arbitrary-amplitude period

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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?

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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?

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Basic circuit/intensity and distance vs time graph question.

  • Griffy11
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Earth's Magnetic Field question

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Find Energy stored in System of capacitors

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Solving for Tension in Cement Bag Wires

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Velocity from Kinetic energy and work energy theorem

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Work Energy Theorem, Kinetic Energy, and Tension

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Simple Circuit Question (KVL/KCL)

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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

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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?

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How to Calculate Remaining Charge on a Capacitor After Discharge?

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

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Solving Simple Angle Problem: -63.65° to Positive

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Equilibrium physics problems

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Vector displacement between ship and plane

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Completely inelastic collision.

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Temperature rise in Denver from adiabatic wind descent

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How Does Wind Affect an Airplane's Flight Path?

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Two objects of different masses slide up an inclined plane.

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Solving for Acceleration and Friction on an Inclined Plane

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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

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Moment of inertia of Sierpinski carpet

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Boy in wheelchair pushing down 2.37 m slope with friction

  • Chuck 86
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Change in Kinetic Energy of a Cart + Pulley System

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Energy of a solid rotating sphere

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How Does an Unusual Force Affect Harmonic Oscillator Behavior?

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Questions about Electrostatic Fields

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How Do Counterweights Affect the Sag of a Rope Bridge?

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Circular motion of a car and curve

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Pushing a box across horizontal surface

  • Chandasouk
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Mass and acceleration for weights on incline with pulley

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Uniform rectangular plate equilibrium problem

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Calculating Thermal Dilation in Sodium Using Bulk Modulus and Temperature

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Calculate Resultant Force and Angle of Object at Origin

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