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Projectile trajectory (True/False)

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Gravitational Motion: Find 2 Objects' Height Above Ground

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Flux of a Point Charge Inside a Cube: Part A & B

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How Can I Solve These Challenging Physics Homework Questions?

  • MikeDDD
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Can You Qualify for the Olympics by Long Jumping on a Moon?

  • r_swayze
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Rearranging acceleration equations

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Deflection of beam due to magnetic field

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Calculating Displacement of Roller Coaster Motion

  • gadawg90
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How to Solve for A and Theta in a Difficult Vector Problem?

  • ur5pointos2sl
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Critical speed of a banked curve (with friction.)

  • Shipman515
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Acceleration in terms of position

  • yoamocuy
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Velocity, Acceleration, Car problem

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Average speed, and total distance traveled

  • Porcelain
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Electric Field due to Multiple Point Charges

  • grandprix
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How Do You Calculate Forces in a Three-Charge System?

  • grandprix
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Finding magnitude and direction of a rocket

  • CandyApples
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Kinematics Problem on hot air balloon

  • gadawg90
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Need help finding what formula to use?

  • maegenr8
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Displacement and 1-D Kinematics

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Voltage at Vab, balancing, Increasing

  • talaroue
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Thermodynamics- pV^n = constant.

  • NBAJam100
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Simple Harmonic Motion Archimedes

  • Eric_meyers
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What Temperature Makes Copper and Iron Wires Equally Resistant?

  • electricblue7
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Solving Charged Circular Arc Problem: Q, R, \Delta E_x

  • Punchlinegirl
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Volumetric Expansion of Liquids

  • chunkytuna21
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Converting Minutes to second in sig figs

  • swiftjab
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Speed, Velocity and Average Acceleration

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Calculating excess charges on Earth's surface?

  • fluidistic
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Word problem: Asking to solve for average velocity and average speed

  • slu1986
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Acceleration Problems: Calculating Acceleration for Slowing Cars

  • magdalenagirl
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Total Resistance of Parallel Wires: Copper & Aluminum

  • talaroue
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How Do Pt Graphs Convert to Vt Graphs in Physics?

  • 123bob123
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Movement in a straight line problem

  • tigerlili
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Angular momentum and Linear momentum elastic collision

  • Unperfect
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What is the Capacitance of a Capacitor When a Conductor is Inserted?

  • electricblue7
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Module of Vector Sum: 3V2in, 3cm, 6cm & 5cm

  • luiseduardo
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Need help find magnitude and angle displacement please

  • Darkhrse99
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Solving for Blood Pressure Difference: What Now?

  • Proleague
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How Does a River Affect Chaining Accuracy in Surveying?

  • zainhasan
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Finding Thickness of glass knowing OPD and refractive index.

  • wiped_out
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Finding Incident Intensity for Unpolarized Light

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Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle (Helium ballon and cargo problem)

  • Proleague
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Formula for Calculating Acceleration of a Block on a Pulley: Homework Help"

  • unicycle456
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Help With Gas/Liquid Pressure/Volume

  • Brzostek
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Acceleration in terms of velocity

  • yoamocuy
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Find Average Velocity of cart rolling down the slope.

  • Arshad_Physic
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Calculating Time in Air: Throwing a Stone from a Third Story Window

  • Firebird
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Energy of a Dipole in a Constant E Field

  • saxyliz
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Help Intro Physic problem dealing with Kinetic

  • Kennyh
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Understanding Flea Acceleration: A Homework Conundrum

  • kashiark
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What Forces Balance a Knot Pulled by Three Different Ropes?

  • mjunderhill
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Acceleration in free fall: find final velocity and height

  • Firebird
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Current in the curcuit from watts and volts

  • bbhh
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Conduction, How much heat flows through per second?

  • chunkytuna21
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What is the Solution to Gauss's Law for a Charged Plate Capacitor?

  • exitwound
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Calculating Induced EMF from AM Radio Broadcast and Dipole Antenna

  • cmerickson21
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Problem with electric diagrams.

  • bbhh
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Calculating Percent Uncertainty in Area of a Circle

  • fattydq
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Time for Car 1 and Car 2 Collision: Solving the Puzzle

  • Bryon
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Velocity Problem: Ball Thrown Upwards, +30 m/s, After 4s

  • fattydq
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Calculating Average Speed of a Car Round Trip

  • tigerlili
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Unknown Charge Ratio Calculation

  • jlwood13
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Rigid Body Equilibrium problem (no calculus)

  • minhaitran
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Acceleration Homework Help: Motion Diagram and Sticky Track Analysis

  • Mirole
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Particle problem, velocity and acceleration

  • tigerlili
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Why Might an Ocean-Based Thermal Energy Scheme Fail to Be Sustainable?

  • dsfranca
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Solving Acceleration Problems with Variables Explained

  • Firebird
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How to Compute Average Velocity for Mixed Walking and Running Distances?

  • tigerlili
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Electric Field due to a Dipole (not on a z-axis)

  • Oijl
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Solve for Ball's Height After Launch in Circular Chute

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Calculating Potential Energy of Three Point Charges

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Solve Cable DBE Force Components @ D for Equilibrium Problem

  • talaroue
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SHM block on a string questions

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Calculating Work Done by a Gas on a p-V Diagram

  • jr662
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Average Acceleration Problem checking answer

  • fattydq
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Should I average the following when calculating heat capacity?

  • shredder666
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How Does Gauss' Law Apply to Complex Cylindrical Charge Distributions?

  • TwinGemini14
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Understanding the Work-Energy Theorem

  • GrandMaster87
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Statics Problem - Moment on a Bridge

  • TimChoi89
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Calculating the Distance Fallen by an Electron Beam

  • Warmacblu
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Alaskan Rescue Plane: Drop Emergency Rations from 113m Height

  • Warmacblu
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Why Does a Car Lift Wheels During Sharp Turns?

  • semc
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Latent heat of fusion for Silver

  • jr662
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Two identical like-charged conductive spheres are placed very close

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How do find the displacement when it is =ing to distance

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Coulomb's law/Spring constant & Electric field problems

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Deceleration, velocity, acceleration, distance

  • munchy35
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Calculating Separation of Car and Truck

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Simple Force problem(Picture and Graphical Data included.)

  • mjain275
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How Do You Calculate Acceleration in Space Probe Motion Problems?

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