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Rate of change of the magnetic field

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Centripetal Force: Calculating Radius of Curve for 1.00 x 10^3 kg Car

  • dance_sg
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Energy stored in inductor and minimum time to change current

  • talaroue
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How Long Does a Point on a String Take to Move Between +2.0mm and -2.0mm?

  • Sdawg1969
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Which Experiment Best Demonstrates the Particle Nature of Light?

  • jinksys
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Physics topics for a Formula One research assignment

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What are some household items capable of gaining an electric charge?

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Two very long straight conducting wires problem

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Measuring energy of photon to within some accuracy

  • quasar_4
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Newton's Laws, Force and Kinematics

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Problem on the transfer of heat into different materials

  • lemonbrook
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Projectile to hit x,y from x,y given max height

  • Ehdrian
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Gauge Pressure problem (algebra based)

  • guynameddanny
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The Electric Field Produced by a Finite Charged Wire XD

  • vorcil
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Where Electric Potential is Zero

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How Do You Calculate Tension and Normal Force in an Atwood Machine?

  • toshiba_girl
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Solving a Rectangular Loop Wire Problem: A Tutorial

  • donuts
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Relative density of ice in cylinder

  • leena19
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Can Ampere's Law Still Apply When Whole Solenoid Is Enclosed?

  • n77ler
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Semantics making Bernoulli's Eq KILLER see if you can make sense

  • missnola2a
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Magnetic field and force from two parallel current-carrying wires

  • mar7pau
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Tennis ball thrown upward to meet golf ball at its peak

  • Stroodle
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Force necessary to create enough friction.

  • Elmnt
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Kinetic energy of relativistic electrons

  • neptunone
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Calculating the Fall Time of a High Diver from 36 m

  • Stroodle
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An ice cube floating in water, what is the volume of the part under water?

  • exutable
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System of pulleys - find acceleration

  • blackboy
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Water main flow rate and pressure drop in a transition coupling

  • missnola2a
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Object Weight given only difference in weights in and out of water

  • missnola2a
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Voltage divider with variable resistor and bulb load

  • leena19
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How to Calculate Buoyant Force and Volume of a Submerged Object?

  • missnola2a
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Find magnitude of the magnetic field

  • define_normal
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Pendulum gravity on X planet ratio

  • missnola2a
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Ball thrown vertically upward with initial speed 20 m/s

  • skydiver
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Finding the force on a 0.20 kg object accelerating to 25 m/s over 0.75 m

  • dance_sg
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Finding angular velocity using conservation of angular momentum

  • cosurfr
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Speed of Sound in water given frequency

  • jdg
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Finding the acceleration ratio of a 50 kg to 75 kg object

  • dance_sg
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Help with Kinematics: Moving Towards Origin

  • harini_5
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Why Does Water Balloon Drop Not Match Expected 9.81m/s² Acceleration?

  • psychosushi
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Horizontal/verticle distance, velocity

  • dance_sg
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Finding student mass from weight in an accelerating elevator

  • dance_sg
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Calculating Min Incident Angle for Ray Emerging from Prism

  • NikkiNik
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Shifting Centre of Mass Puzzle?

  • PeterPumpkin
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Basic calculation problem with commutators

  • Unkraut
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Not really a question, basic physics instructions (book error?)

  • Raizy
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Electric force between 2 parallel plates

  • Oblivion77
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Wavelength Ratios for a Pitching Boat in a Deep Lake

  • songoku
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How far does a car travel before reaching a speed of 100 km/h?

  • Stroodle
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Finding Tensions of Fixed Point Charges

  • adkinje
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Calculate Car's Speed in Collision: Brakes and Skid Marks Analysis

  • Stroodle
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Equilibrium of Forces in a Hemisphere: Solving for Angles and Ratios

  • harimakenji
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How Does Simple Harmonic Motion Relate to Sinusoidal Functions?

  • Starwatcher16
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Conservation of energy and momentum?

  • leena19
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Possible Variables in a Planck's Constant Practical?

  • Procrastinate
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Calculating Energy Required for Space Shuttle Orbit Boost

  • bcjochim07
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Can you show me if i did these calculations right?

  • graphicer89
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How to Calculate 3D Projectile Movement with Initial Vectors?

  • wraithseeker
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Solve Bernoulli's Problem: Water Flow in Garden Hose

  • jdg
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To find the density of a material of the body using moments

  • leena19
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Emf induced in the windings of coil

  • dmckeog
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Is Acceleration Different During a Baseball's Flight?

  • pttest
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What Is the Tension Force in a Clothesline Holding Big Bird?

  • tofuwrice
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Solving a Buoyancy Problem with Carbon Steel

  • jdg
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Explaining causes and effects in projectile motion and rotational inertia

  • up2dsky89
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Optics - distance between object and image

  • Smile101
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Why is the net force on the spring 1.2 − 9x after removing the upper block?

  • hachi_roku
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Linear and rotational acceleration from a single applied force

  • tom_backton
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Can you convert radians to meters?

  • orange03
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How Fast Will the Climber Accelerate and How Long Until the Rock Falls?

  • orange03
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Problem involving Coulombs Law; suspended masses

  • adkinje
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Problem about uniformed charged ring and a charge in the center

  • edgerandy
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Work done on the block by force

  • Zmuffinz
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Two masses attached by a spring

  • Starproj
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If a person breathes thirty time in a minute what is ?

  • graphicer89
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Calculating Pisa Point of Failure

  • Guvna
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Car travels 18 m in the fifth second, find acceleration

  • Lucy_x
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Work and Kinetic Energy of weight

  • rock_star
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How fast should a space station rotate to simulate Earth's gravity?

  • orange03
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Why the negative sign in the current continuity equation

  • jeff1evesque
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Circuit/Current/Resistance Problem

  • blackout77
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What is the Induced Current in the Second Coil?

  • cashcabwatche
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Frequency of a Car's Vibrations?

  • jumpingjack90
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Kinetic Energy and Total Mechanical Energy

  • MarineBio
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A little history of physics .How is physics involved in this?

  • graphicer89
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Dot and Cross Products (of Gradients)

  • jeff1evesque
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Problem in Perfectly Elastic Collision w/o given mass

  • naiian02
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Climber dangling from rope attached to rock on ice cliff

  • orange03
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Why Might Experimental Gravity Measurements Differ from the Standard 9.8 m/s²?

  • Petrucciowns
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Kinetic Friction of moving car hitting a stationary car

  • orange03
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Sliding down a Track, loop, Conservation problem

  • iamtrojan3
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Why Does Divergence of Electric Flux Equal Volume Charge Density?

  • jeff1evesque
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Perfectly inelastic collision - conceptual - where does the lost KE go?

  • geejodi
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The Work Done in Pulling a Supertanker

  • rock_star
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Sphere rolling down a ramp problem

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