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Finding an initial speed (projectile motion)

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Parallel plate capacitor electric field problem

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Why does -ik + 4ki equal 5j and not -5j?

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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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Dimensional analysis of momentum and force expressions

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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?

  • Mr530
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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?

  • free-node-5
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Finding the point where Earth and Moon's gravitational forces balance

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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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Helium balloon lifting string and pressure in accelerating fluid sphere

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Adding and subtracting three 42 m vectors at 29°, 197°, and 314°

  • tjbateh
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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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Electric field from line charge: can the distance be negative?

  • 1stepatatime
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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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Lemming jumping horizontally off a 20 m cliff over 4 m rocks

  • 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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Comparing acceleration magnitudes from a v-t graph at time t1

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Constant acceleration from X vs. T on logger pro

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Velocity of high temperature hydrogen atom

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Line charge density of a 30µC wire 7.0m long

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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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Weather rocket max altitude and time in air

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

  • kashiark
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Rubber Ball Dropped on Plane: A or B?

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Finding velocity from displacement-time data for a dropped ball

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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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Dragster acceleration and net force with 873 kg mass in 0.59 s

  • 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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Maximum height on high-gravity planet for thrown ball

  • 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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Why does Fg = mg if net force isn't always gravity?

  • pointintime
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Finding the Magnitude of B in Vector Addition

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What are the units for m and b in y=mx+b when y=(m1-m2)g and x is acceleration?

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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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Energy and quality factor in parallel RLC circuits

  • Eric_meyers
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Projectile Motion - Hitting an edge

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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?

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Why Do Vector Components Give Different Displacement Results?

  • Acez
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Minimum time to move 3.45 m with different coefficients of friction

  • mkwok
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Finding dielectric constant when 240 µC extra charge accumulates

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Electricity and potential energy

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Kinetic Energy of Ion accelerated across potential difference

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How to write conservation of momentum hypothesis in if-then format

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Finding air time for Olympic long jumper with 7.7m jump distance

  • Amel
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Thermodynamics, energy, work, heat problem

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Force on point charge at origin with charges at 50 cm and 100 cm

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Tension in wire connecting charged conducting spheres

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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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