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Free fall and one other question

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What Is the Drag Force on a Sky Diver at Different Speeds?

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Calculating the Distance of a Ball Kicked Off a Cliff

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Spring and block of mass problem

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Work done on an object being lifted

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Circular motion with respect to south pole

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Finding normal force for box sliding down wall at constant speed

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Conservation of momemtum - skydiver letting go of a moving glider

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Coefficent of kinetic friction

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Where does energy go when an inductor circuit switch opens

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Finding kinetic friction and acceleration in a two-block system

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Free body diagrams and adding forces

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Electron accelerated through 12,000V potential difference

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Calculating Distance Between Ions in Sodium Chloride Crystal Structure

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How Much Should a Person Weigh to Depress a Diving Board by 4cm?

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Induced EMF on a primary coil by a secondary coil

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Banked curve with friction: finding speed range for a 940 kg car

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Force on pilot at bottom of circular loop in airplane dive

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Weight on an elevator question torturing me

  • mr.coon
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Solving the Forces on a Frictionless System

  • CaptFormal
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Calculating the Maximum Height and Impact Speed of a Thrown Stone

  • CaptFormal
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Hooke's law (Don't know what I am missing)

  • raiderIV
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Find coefficient of kinetic friction?

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Centripetal Acceleration of pulsar

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When do I add or subtract friction in work-energy problems?

  • GrandMaster87
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Hi two phys prob about Newton's law

  • stanton
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Net torque on a disk with inner and outer radii

  • minikk
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Solving problems usng conservation of energy

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How Long to Climb Three Flights of Stairs?

  • luvlybug1025
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Motor boat velocity with scoop lowered into water

  • UFeng
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Minimum Force Required to Keep 2 Blocks Sliding on Frictionless Surface

  • r34racer01
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Electrostatic potential problem (got 1/3) correct

  • hitman0097
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Check work on simple Energy problem

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Orbital Period and Velocity Question

  • Lynn311
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Calculating the electric field of a single charge

  • FilthyMove
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How many radians does a tire rotate over 60,000 miles?

  • sowmit
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Solving Projectile Problems: Range and Time in Air Calculations"

  • Leo34005
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What Does SI Units of Nitrogen Masses Mean in Scale Height Calculations?

  • Breedlove
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How Is Force Calculated in Trigonometric Free Body Diagrams?

  • SLStudent
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Calculate Weight Component on Inclined Plane

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Center of mass of metal square with a hole

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Magnitude of point P center (I'm Stumped)

  • Physrook 09
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Two boxes on a 38-degree ramp connected by string

  • zaga04
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Solving the Displacement Problem: Find Magnitude of Total Displacement

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Tension and acceleration for 3.4 kg and 5.5 kg masses on a pulley

  • Chuck 86
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Car pushing truck with 4500 N ground force

  • JoshMP
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How Do You Calculate the Impulse Received by a Football During a Kickoff?

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Snell's law, critical angle, and angle of incidence

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Cheerios and Wheaties boxes accelerating together with friction

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Pulling a crate uphill with friction ()

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Physics Nuclear Reaction Mechanics Question

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104.5 degree triangle w/ 2 equal legs, need the 3rd leg's length

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Musical Acoustics, Combining frequencies of two instruments

  • mhmil
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Gravity/Charged Particle Equilibrium

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Solving for Work in a Hanging Crate System

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Rocket Lab, Finding Initial Velocity, Height Given time.

  • Hellsing834
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Dividing vectors in dot products

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Kinematics(Find Distance Between 2 curves)

  • DarkPhoenix
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Calculating Mechanical Energy Lost on Slide for 25.0 kg Child

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Weightlessness on a Ferris Wheel

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Intergal? work done by a non constant force

  • Chuck 86
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Equivalent Resistance Between Terminals

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Circuit loop entering magnetic field with 16-N force and 6.0-A current

  • Physrook 09
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Centripetal acceleration of shuttle 400 km above Earth

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Calculating Tension in Suspended Mass

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Notation question - what does mean?

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How Do You Determine the Period of a Non-SHM System Using Energy Equations?

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Airplane runway decision time with acceleration and deceleration

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Time to lift 1000kg by 1m with 50W of power

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Angular Acceleration and Projectile Motion

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How Far Does the Block Slide Before Coming to Rest?

  • renaldocoetz
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Will a car stop before reaching a broken bridge 150 m away?

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How Does Orientation Affect Magnetic Forces in a Current Loop?

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Angular speed and acceleration of a tipping rod

  • renaldocoetz
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How is the Energy for Water Evaporation Calculated in a Student Experiment?

  • DarkPhoenix
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Angular Speed/ Acceleration Problem

  • ~Sam~
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Solving a Uniform Beam Supporting Problem

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Potential Difference of C2: 9V Capacitors in Series

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Why Do Beats Occur When Tuning String Instruments?

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How to Calculate Final Volume and Pressure in Isothermal Process"

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Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion Quesiotn

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Ferris Wheel acceleration Problem

  • JoshMP
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Derivation of y(x,t)=Asin(kx-wt)

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Find Acceleration Experimentally

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Quantum Mechanics of wave function and probability rationals

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Finding maximum kinetic energy with variable force F(x) = 7.6 - x²

  • tigerlili
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Conservation of momentum problem in variable.

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Find Initial Speed of Porsche Using Inelastic Collision

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