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Acceleration/veloctiy/displacement/time question

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Are fields produced by Maxwell's equations static or dynamic?

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Finding center of gravity of patient and bed from scale readings

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Electron acceleration at center of nonuniformly charged semicircle

  • saxyliz
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Heat Conductivity, Copper and Thermal Compound scenarios

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Explanation to this velocity equation

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Electric Field of Nonuniform Line of Charge

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What is the velocity and acceleration of a particle at t = 15.0 s?

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Calculating Arrival Time and Distance for Two Cars on a Highway

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Addition of Vectors by means of Components

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This should be an easy question, but I think I'm tricking myself.

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Resolving forces into Fz and FH components with three angles

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Question involving more chemistry than physics (it seems)

  • tigerlili
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Frictionless Floor Multiple Choice

  • kajasu88
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Find magnitudes of vectors B and C when hiker returns to start

  • triplel777
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A baseball's movement when considering air drag

  • dan1el
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Finding the third force for equilibrium of three forces

  • triplel777
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Find average force during contact when ball hits wall.

  • hankliu
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Deriving period formula for disk rotating on string through table

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Calculate the force exerted on the handle of a wheelbarrow

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Why Does Adding a Choke Dim an Electric Lamp in an AC Circuit?

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Electric field from two point charges at a given location

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Changing the resistance of a voltmeter

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Acceleration of an electron in a constant electric field

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Distance between 2 charged protons (i'm desperate)

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How to Solve a Kinematics Problem Involving Acceleration and Time

  • Satyr
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Converging mirrors facing each other

  • jsalapide
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Easy Time Graph: Create Visuals Easily!

  • indep
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Calculating Distance of Runners from Flagpole When Paths Cross

  • alexistheman
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Can Explorers Communicate After Traveling 5 km North and 6 km Northeast?

  • JSOBOLEW
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Collision between falling body and body shot upwards

  • jasper619
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Electron acceleration in uniform field and charge on two spheres

  • mustang1988
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Finding height of a well using speed of sound

  • barge56
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Projectile motion: calculating time and distance

  • janelle1905
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Argument for relationship between scale length and frequency

  • Eric_meyers
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What is the initial velocity of a projectile on a sloped surface?

  • Jebus_Chris
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Describe the difference in sound between a flute and a violin?

  • drgatitafiera
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Calculating Displacement with Negative Work

  • Red_CCF
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Moving Ball on sloping surface issue

  • Chadlee88
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Solving for Water Pressure and Equilibrium in a Tube with a Piston

  • sonofahb
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Uniform ladder on a frictionless wall?

  • honestliar
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Kinematics (a lot, but most worked out & conceptual)

  • clairez93
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Calculating Kinetic Energy of a Running Cheetah

  • kajasu88
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Adding Resistors: How to Calculate Total Resistance

  • Dell
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Work done by dog pulling sled at 15 degrees with friction

  • jongro
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How Do You Calculate Mass and Density Using Dimensional Analysis?

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Stone whirled in horizontal circle: finding string angle

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When are unit vectors helpful?

  • TbbZz
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Fairly simple dimensional analysis- somehow gone wrong

  • tigerlili
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Finding magnitudes of displacement vectors for a closed hiker's path

  • PhilCam
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Can You See a Wind Generator from 9000 Meters Away?

  • reservahoy
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What Acceleration Will the System Move With?

  • wicked_vixen
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How Do You Calculate the Initial Velocity of a Rock Thrown from a Bridge?

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Four charges in a plane. Finding the resultant Force

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Finding magnitude and direction of resultant force

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5 problems (Force, Height, Charge, Centripital)

  • LegendofMyth
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Finding the unit for mass × length × second⁻³

  • XuryaX
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Differential equation of spring-mass system attached to one end of seesaw

  • Tahir Mushtaq
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Minimum mass M to pull block up incline with spring

  • chacha1234
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What Happens to Momentum and Energy During an Inelastic Collision?

  • beeohbee
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Is power calculated using applied force or friction force?

  • jeekeshen
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What Are Different Ways to Define Energy in Physics?

  • gurrkin
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How Does Acceleration Affect Final Velocity in an Elevator?

  • Leo34005
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Diesel Engine driving a generator

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Still trouble with time dilation

  • kait
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Finding Altitude: Calculating Earth's Gravitational Field Strength

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Investigating a Gravity Car: Calculating Friction & Distance

  • hazman900
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What is the Fourier Transform of f(-x)?

  • likephysics
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Acceleration Deceleration Physics Problem

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A tire sliding about a fixed point

  • Zauce
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Why Is an Exponential Model Suitable for Simulating Radioactive Decay?

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Equilibrium Uniform Beam Problem

  • Amar.alchemy
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Constant Acceleration of a cheetah

  • 12345ME
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Average speed problem What am I missing?

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How Does a Catapult Calculate Force and Initial Velocity for a Projectile?

  • rebeccah78
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Some confusion on electron volt

  • dragonlorder
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Constant acceleration needed for a cheetah to catch prey in 3.2 s

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Finding required speed for second half to average 97.2 km/h

  • bleedblue1234
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Rotational Dynamics-Moment of inertia

  • janelle1905
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How to find the final height of a moving object

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Voltage Drop across multiple resistors

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A rock dropped from a cliff using speed of sound

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Average speed of a race car in two directions with wind

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How to Solve for Unknowns in a Complex Circuit Equation?

  • talaroue
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Inductive and Capacitive Reactances - AC circuits

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Finding maximum acceleration with COF of Ms

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Converting 6.5°C to Fahrenheit with significant figures

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Finding the Maximum Electric Field of a Charged Ring Using Derivatives

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Finding tensions and angle in a three-string static equilibrium system

  • janelle1905
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Why is angular frequency used in simple harmonic motion?

  • ethascar
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Equations of motion for hinged link with two springs

  • James_Frogan
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Sound Interference: Calculating Minimum Distance Between Speakers

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Difference in depth between the swimmer and its image

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