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Dimensionally correct equations

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How Do You Calculate Vector Sums and Differences in Physics?

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Help with simple dimensional analysis question

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Finding the Shortest Path for Walking in a Room

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What Is the Speed at the Top of a Projectile's Trajectory?

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Ball be thrown to have maximum horizontal distance

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Displacement, velocity, acceleration

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Kinetic Energy in Joules of an Object

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How Much Water Does Cobalt Displace?

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How Do You Solve the Relative Motion Problem Between Mary and Jane?

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Is our experimental value for gravity acceptable?

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One Dimensional Hot Air Balloon Kinematics

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Calculating the Accepted Value of g with a Pendulum

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Initial Velocity of a projectile, how?

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Gravitation and Newton's Synthesis

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How Do You Calculate Proton Velocity and Acceleration in an Electric Field?

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What are the solutions for the given vector problem?

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Solving Fluids Questions: Helium-Filled Balloon & Sealed Spherical Shell

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Help Tried Several Times, but Can't Get Correct Solution

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Resistance and Resistivity of tungsten wire

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Physics Calculation problems, for exam

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Zero angle launch problem: Find height given inital speed and angle

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Determining speed of an object with only a meter stick?

  • fattydq
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Calculating Percentage Error for a Circular Disc with (10 +/- 0.2)cm Radius

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Free fall acceleration of rocket

  • rich1116
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How to Calculate Projectile Motion for a Thrown Stone

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General question abotu the raidus on an electric field due to line of charge.

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How Is Velocity Calculated in Physics Problems?

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Acceleration on an Incline: Solving for Time and Distance

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Calculating Vertical Distance of a Thrown Pebble from a Pyramid

  • joemama69
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Projectile motion and acceleration HELP

  • nrw
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Solving Acceleration Problem: Time & Distance Calculations

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How Can I Solve These High School Physics Problems?

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Conceptual Rotational Motion Question

  • PhysicsPariah
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Uniformly distributed electric field lines

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Electric flux (positive, negative, or zero?)

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Can Two Waves of the Same Frequency Create a Standing Wave on a String

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Uniform Circular Motion: Speed of the bullet

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Calculating Bungee Length and Extension using Hooke's Law

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Testing golf ball aerodynamics.? how?

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Refraction using Snell's law - critical angles

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One-dimensional motion with constant acceleration

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A Physics Kinematics Question about Acceleration

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Constant acceleration from X vs. T on logger pro

  • PhysicsMark
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Velocity of high temperature hydrogen atom

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Line Charge Density of 30uC/7.0m Wire: Answer & Explanation

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Electric Charges: Newton's Third Law & Tension

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How Is Electric Potential Calculated for a Curved Rod?

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Answer Two Balls Thrown: Which Touches Ground First?

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Rocket's Max Altitude & Time in Air

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How Much Force Does a Track Exert on a Speeding Car?

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Rubber Ball Dropped on Plane: A or B?

  • usmarine
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Help with Displacement vs. time and acceleration

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Position of package when dropped from plane

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Finding Magnetic Field of Alpha Particle in a Circle

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Calculating Dragster Acceleration, Force, & Driver Force

  • kashiark
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What is the Peak Height of a Tennis Ball Shot Upward?

  • Leo34005
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Why do electromagnetic waves travel slower in other mediums?

  • DarylMBCP
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Does Zero Electric Potential Necessarily Imply Zero Electric Field?

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Resultant displacment and magnitude

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Optimizing Thrown Ball Trajectories

  • Bryon
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Velocity of spring being made to go in a circle

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What are the forces on you in an elevator?

  • kashiark
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Explaining Fg = mg: Net Force, Mass and Acceleration

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Finding the Magnitude of B in Vector Addition

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Units for m & b in y=mx+b Equation

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Calculating the Torque for a Hand-Driven Merry-Go-Round

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Potential Difference in a varying field

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Is the Gas in the Tank Helium or Oxygen?

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Order of Magnitude: Earth's Acceleration Towards You

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Power and velocity as a function of time

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Calculating Potential and Radius of a Charged Spherical Droplet

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Refrigeration: The Equivalent Rate of Transport of Heat in Watts?

  • chunkytuna21
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Quick question about RLC circuit energy and quality factor

  • Eric_meyers
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Projectile Motion - Hitting an edge

  • Mcoroklo
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Normal reaction force of a roller to a wedge and the velocity

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Potential Difference across Capacitor.

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How Far Did the Backpacker Walk East?

  • triplel777
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Kinetic friction & static friction

  • MechaMZ
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Why Do Vector Components Give Different Displacement Results?

  • Acez
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Friction & Forces: Calculating Time for Moving 3.45m on Tile Surface

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Dielectric Constant Calculation: 110 & 240 µC

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Electricity and potential energy

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Kinetic Energy of Ion accelerated across potential difference

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Conservation of momentum, confused about variables

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Projectile motion long jumper help

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Thermodynamics, energy, work, heat problem

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Point Charge Problem: Find Force Magnitude & Direction

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Help with Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium

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Determining speed and acceleration magnitude from graph

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What Determines the Acceleration Direction in Pendulum Motion?

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How Do You Calculate the Velocity of a Canoe Relative to a River?

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Calculating acceleration due to gravity on a planet

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Acceleration with limited known variables Question

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Displacement and Velocity Problem

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Simple vector problems (but causing me a headache)

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Solving for Half Life: Y=Ae-t/lambda | Homework Help"

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