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Resistors in Series (Ohm's Law)

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What is the density of the stone?

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Phase difference of sound waves at different distances from two sources

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Why do wheels not topple over while rolling?

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Solving Circuit with Large Resistor and Inductor: Q = CV?

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Frequency of receivers to receive each others transmission.

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Spring mass system with 120 J initial potential energy

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How Much Work is Done Moving a Charge in a Conducting Rod?

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Calculating Tension in a String: Two Masses on a Horizontal Surface

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Solving a Frictionless Three-Block System: Find Acceleration, Forces

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Force on two masses with accelerations 3.0 and 1.0 m/s²

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Why can't transformers work with direct current?

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How a current passes through a wire?

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Electrical resistivity methodology

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IB Extended Essay topics in Physics

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Physics Theories which have been found to be incomplete

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Really easy distance/time problem I'm having a brain freeze on

  • Paulo Serrano
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Force on a current carrying wire

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Estimating the Size of a 1-Ton Rock: Relating Density and Volume

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How Do You Isolate TF in the Method of Mixtures Equation?

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Vapor pressure of n-propanol at 50°C in a vacuum

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Elecricity (Basic Circut Questions)

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Magnification of binoculars when viewed backwards

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How does the right-handed rule apply to angular velocity?

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Magnetic field around spinning sphere

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Simple harmonic motion of a spring and ball

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Force Question Using weight and acceleration

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What is the charge on the capacitor?

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Pendulum Frequency Calculation

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Identifying a metal with specific heat capacity 200 J/kg·K

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Pole Vaulting (This should be interesting)

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Why Does Work Equal ∫ p dv in an Isothermal Process?

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How Does Galaxy Rotation Curve Influence Mass and Luminosity Calculations?

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Calculating Current Through a Capacitor with a Constant Voltage Input

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Basic kinematics : 1-Dimensional collision in mid-air

  • Matty R
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Reason for Incorrect Algebraic Equation?

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Should You Graph All Trials or the Average in a Planck's Constant Report?

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Lateral displacement of blue and red light in glass block

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Required Precision for GPS Distance Measurement

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How to find mass moment of inertia in a dynamics problem

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Why Most Appliances Require Alternating Current

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Maximum Acelleration of a System of Masses

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What is the Work Required to Stack Books?

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The measurement of current and voltage

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Find the ration of the centripetal accelaration

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Entropy change for water heated at constant pressure

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Acceleration Equations for Unknown Masses

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Finding Current and B Field given J(p) in Z Direction

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Astronaut releasing apple - Find acceleration

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Conductor shielding in electrostatics

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Chargedistribution from a given potential

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Internal Energy During Phase Changes

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Which string breaks when pulled in Walter Lewin's experiment

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Calculating electrons from current and lamp power from voltage

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Will a falling target be harder to hit than a stationary one?

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Magnetic Flux passing through loop

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Force on 20cm wire carrying 10A at 40° to 0.3T field

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How Does Payload Affect Aircraft Speed and Position in a Dive?

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Does Enterprise see the shuttle approach?

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Relativistic density of water in a cube moving at 0.791c

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Adding a mass on an oscillation causing a change in frequency

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Calculating Charge Using Coulomb's Law

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Real and virtual photons via neutral pion decay

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Simple explanation of a series rlc circuit in a radio

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Internal resitance and electromotive force

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How does a skateboarder accelerate without pushing against the ground?

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What Is the Universal Gravitation Constant in English to 7 Significant Figures?

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Solve Wave Optics Laser Homework: Find Slit Width w/ Helium-Neon Laser

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What is the spacing (in mm) between the slits?

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Mechanics - Rectilinear Motion

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Getting the tension(Static equilibirum)

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Distance for Nuclear Shockwave to Destroy a House

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Potential Grav. Energy to Kine. Energy Problem

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Radius of curvature for a magnetic field line

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How Does Initial Velocity Affect SHM Equation for a Mass-Spring System?

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How Much Does the Spring Shorten When the Partridge is Removed?

  • aozer
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A ball is thrown vertically upward

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Bullet passing through a wooden block, treating as inelastic collision

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Finding Forces in Static Equilibrium

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How Much Power is Generated by a Turbine Rotating at 40 RPM?

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Calculating Energy for Full Sphere of Radius R

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Solving for Kcm in Particle Collision Problem

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Bernoulli's Equation and stream of water

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Which formulas describe the magnetic field/field lines?

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Electostatistics- non/conducting sphere/sheet in E field

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Finding magnitude and direction of vector sums A+B+C, A+B-C, C-2A

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Finding Initial Velocity in Projectile Motion Problem

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How Does Adding an Aluminum Calorimeter Affect Heat Transfer Calculations?

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Solving Part A of "Theory 1" on IPhO-2000 Page

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Ring on vertical pole pulled by hanging mass through pulley

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Which method is more accurate for finding vector resultants?

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