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How Many Revolutions Does a Proton Make in a Cyclotron?

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Simple lab calculation (Magneticfield vectors)

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Question with large number?electron charge?

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How do RC circuits cause phase shift in signals?

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How Does Proton Fusion Sustain the Sun's Energy?

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Calculating Jump Landing Position

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Calculating the Center Fielder's Average Speed

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Which of these source charges will produce a maximum possible speed?

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Interference wave have solution need explanation

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Angular acceleration of spinning bicycle wheel with friction

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Solving for Ice: Coffee Cooling With Heat Exchange

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How Far East Must a Biker Travel to Reach His Destination?

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Are my dimensional analysis question correct

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How fast do you and your mirror image approach each other at 7 m/s?

  • peaceandlove
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Projectile motion football question

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Diffraction grating patterns with monochromatic and white light

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What's the minimum number of objects needed for a force to exist?

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Calculating Rate of Heat Loss for Metal at 800K

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How Does Copper's Thermal Conductivity Affect Heat Transfer?

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How Does Swapping a Capacitor with a Resistor Affect a Circuit's Functionality?

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Rotational Kinematics of a thin rod

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Simple Harmonic Motion and Elasticity

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Force on M1 to keep M3 in equilibrium with K&K pulley system

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Solve Kinematics in 2D: Rocket Clears 11m Wall

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Find the effective force constant ke

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How Can I Apply a Constant Force in an Experimental Design?

  • jozef
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Finding Theoretical Acceleration in an Acceleration/Force Lab

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Determine the new spring constant of the springs

  • leena19
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Two parallel wires in plane. determine B field as f(x)

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Impulse and Momentum of a bullet

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Forces and Newton's Laws of a train

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How Does Dimensional Analysis Validate Units in Physics Problems?

  • JakePearson
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Work and Energy of a motorcycle

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How Much Work Does the Catapult Do on a Fighter Jet During Launch?

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How Do You Calculate the Mass and Number of Atoms in a Substance?

  • JakePearson
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What is the meaning of strength in the context of gravitational fields?

  • TheDoorsOfMe
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How Do You Calculate the Mass of Atom Type B?

  • JakePearson
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Algebra Problem: Is 2y1/12 4x3/70 the Answer?

  • JakePearson
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Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion

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Is gravity significant in this scenario?

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Do Sound Waves from a Tuning Fork Move Faster in Dry Air or Moist Air?

  • graphicer89
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Forces and Pulleys of two blocks

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Work done in overcoming friction

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Why does a massive pulley require different tension labels on each side?

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Ball kinematics in one dimension

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Force, velocity, distance, direction

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Two blocks on top of eachother with pulleys

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Kinematics 2D: Horizontal Velocity of Spiked Volleyball

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Calculating Time for Javelin Throw Angle Change

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Conservation of energy of a marble problem

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How Much Power Does a Light Bulb Use Connected to a 120 V Outlet?

  • graphicer89
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Finding Velocity in Work Problem

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Maximum rotation rate before block or penny slips on disk

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Tetherball wrapping around a pole

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Current through parallel resistors when a switch closes

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High frequencies and capacitor plates

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Why does a pendulum only swing back and forth in a straight line?

  • SusanC1105
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Does Ramp Steepness Affect Sphere's Descent Time?

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Finding the frinction coefficient for a car on a banked turn

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Magnetic Field and Moving Charge

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What is the acceleration of an object with given forces and weight?

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Gauss Law and Electrostatic Field

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Continuous fibre reinforced polymer

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Solving 2D Elastic Collision Problem in Physics

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Distance and your image on a mirror?

  • graphicer89
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Calculate Speed of Crate on Incline using Work-Energy Principle

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What is the net force acting on a wheel with a cord wrapped around it?

  • Amar.alchemy
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Coefficient of kinetic friction for a 20 kg sled pulled at 30° above horizontal

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What is the relationship between relative humidity and temperature?

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Solving the Mystery: Calculating Terminal Velocity

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Angular acceleration of pulley with 12 N cable force

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Blocks connected on a table - find acceleration and tension

  • blackboy
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Bicycle Helmet Physics - Momentum Calculations

  • yowatup
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How Do You Calculate the Force on Different Faces of an L-Shaped Water Tank?

  • Puchinita5
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How Does Changing Wavelength Affect Fringe Spacing in a Double-Slit Experiment?

  • frederickcan
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Draw the secants of a curve (line?)

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What is the Wavelength of a Helium-Neon Laser Beam in an Unknown Liquid?

  • frederickcan
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What is the orbital frequency of an electron and positron 2.00nm apart?

  • imafam
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Projectile motion: range R, max height R/6, find initial conditions

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Calculating Forces on a 2D Rigid Body Held by Two Points

  • FigBug
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Solving Boy's Sled & Hill Homework: Find Friction & Acceleration

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Lorentz transformations with space stations and light pulse

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Establishing an Electrostatic Series: My Confusion

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Will doubling the diameter of a wire affect its length?

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Electric potential configuration problem

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Calculating Work Done on a Spring with Varying Lengths

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Moment if inertia of a point mass

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Work and Energy-Combining equations

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Block sliding down ramp, elastic collision, and loop with friction

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Elastic collision in one dimension

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Rotational motion begining with kinetic friction.

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Heat transfer and condensation coils in a refrigerator

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How Does Centripetal Force Relate to Distance in Orbital Motion?

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Electron traveling between two plates

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