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Solving a Series Circuit with Ohm's Law

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Infrared radiation by comsol simulation

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Help With Physics Problem: 3D Force Diagram

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Solve 2 Physics Problems: Vectors, Hockey Puck Motion

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In what direction is the scout's position relative to the campsite?

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Tripling fundamental frequency

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How Does Circular Motion Impact Calculations in Physics Problems?

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When Should Air Resistance Be Considered in Free-Fall Calculations?

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Find the tension in the guy wire and the force on the strut by the pivot.

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What is the Center of Mass of a Rod with Varying Linear Density?

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Archer fish water drop launch angle to reach insect

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Gravitational Force Between Planets

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Distance and Time (Having a Mental Block.

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Electron Velocity from Linearly Increasing Acceleration Graph

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How Do You Calculate Gravitational Force Correctly?

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Train traveling at constant velocity - time and unit conversion

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Capacitance of concenctric spheres

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Calculating the Minimum Work Needed to Push a Car Up an Inclined Plane

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Deriving range equation for shot put projectile motion

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K-work by tension and gravity on box on 30° incline

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Net force, electric field and potential

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Is My Kinematics Problem-Solving Approach Correct?

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Easy question Newtons 1st law of motion, applying force to a hockey puck

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Centripetal Force Skater Speed Question

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Three masses on pulley: finding acceleration of m2

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Stone Throw, Found answer but don't understand how ?

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Does a football kicked at 22 m/s clear a 3.05 m crossbar 35 m away?

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Centripetal acceleration and airplane lift

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Solving Kinematics: Police Car Chasing Speeders

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Calculating Net Charge on a Metal Sphere with Added Electrons

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Rank Resistances: A, B, C, A+B, B+C, A+B+C

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Velocity of a ball rolling down a ramp (and onto the floor)?

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Angular Spread Of Blue and Red Light Through Plastic

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Two Blocks being pulled until one slips

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The minimum radius of a plane's circular path

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Projectile range equation with different launch and landing altitudes

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Application of Fick's First law (diffusion problem)

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How Fast Can Two Blocks Move Without Sliding Apart?

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Finding time for spring scale to pull 1.5 kg object 2.7 m

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A Simple-ish Kinematics Problem

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Charge on cylindrical capacitor

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Block of Sandpaper along the ceiling

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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Tow Rope for a Car on a Ramp?

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Centripetal force on a turning bus

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Proof of the derivative of delta function

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Find Force, Net Force, Acceleration & Final Speed

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Relative Humidity and Vaporization

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Calculating Time of Impact for Released Ballast Bag in 2D Kinematics

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How Far Will the Spring Compress When a 1.5kg Object Is Dropped?

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Calculate the center of mass on the force plate

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Resistive force at constant velocity freewheeling down a slope

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration with Different Masses and Friction?

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What Determines the Net Force Acting on a Point?

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Projectile motion over a 20m fence with known angle

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Projectiles and the Kepler problem

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Velocity of Propagation of a wave

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Moving an object with constant force(N) in x direction

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How do you verify that A·B = B·A for vectors?

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Effective focal length of two plano convex

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How Does Increasing Engine Power Affect Race Time for a Funny Car?

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Simple quesiton involving Tension of a cable supporting a beam

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Microscope magnification question

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Angular Velocity: Find Launch Angles for Projectile

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What is the difference in spectra between a sodium lamp and a candle flame?

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Internal Resistance of a Real Battery

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What does my teacher want me to find?

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Inclined Plane(s) Involving Forces

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What diameter wire should be used for particular resistance?

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What is an equation for distance which relates the jerk and snap?

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What is the resultant displacement of the newspaper delivery route?

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Wave Interference Angle Calculation

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Interesting Projectile Motion problem

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What Is the Minimum Weight of Block C to Prevent Block A from Sliding?

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Pulley problem involves Friction static and Kinetic problem

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Equivalent resistance/ geometric resistor network

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Kinetic friction in terms of velocity

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How much do textbook solutions usually round?

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Determining the Speed of a Cylinder in a Cable and Pulley System

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Two and Three dimensional motion

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Free fall question, where has my reasoning gone wrong?

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How Does Changing Wire Resistance Affect EMF in an AC Generator?

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Vector Diagram of Forces Acting on a Forearm

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Projectile motion of a bullet question

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What is the maximum speed of this car?

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Velocity Acceleration and Displacement

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Linear Momentum and Conservation of Energy Question

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Vectors plane question using components

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How Does Switching Affect Bulb Brightness in an RC Circuit?

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Voltage Needed for a Proton to Arrive at Sphere at A Certain Speed

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Calculating Displacement and Distance Traveled in a Vector Problem

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Calculating Q for a Driven Harmonic Oscillator at Resonance

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