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Proving Vector Space of 3-Tuples Fulfilling 3x1 - x2 + 5x3 = 0

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Finding the Critical Angle of Glass in Water

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How Does Bending Your Knees Reduce the Impact Force When Jumping?

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Finding Maximum Force for Sled Without Lifting

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How Do I Isolate Velocity in the Lorentz Factor Equation?

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What Angle Should an Incline Be for Zero Acceleration with Friction?

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Spring constant from oscillation equation y(t) = 1.2sin(3.1415t)

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Find period of circular disk physical pendulum

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Friction Due to Jumping w Parachute

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Find the temperature coefficient of metal X

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Theory questions about Newton's Laws and Gravitation

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How Much Time Does It Take to Boil Water on a Stove with AC Power?

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What Was the Launch Angle of the Projectile?

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Solving Baseball Impulse and Force Problems

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Calculating Forces and Efficiency of a Pressure Washer

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How Fast Must the Cylinder Rotate to Keep Passengers from Sliding?

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Dimension of Angle: Learn LL^-1 from Course Book

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Calculating Heat Energy for Object's Altitude Increase from 100 to 400 km

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Electric Field Question (Between two plates)

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Conservation of Energy in a Sliding Box on an Incline

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What is the Angle Between Forces A and B?

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North and south celestial poles

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Car Velocity: Understanding Relative Velocity and its Effects

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Multiple choice questions on equilibrium and Newton's laws

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How Do You Convert a Vector into Cartesian Unit Vector Notation?

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Which Pool Had More Heat Transferred: A or B?

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How Does Variable Friction Affect Object Movement on an Inclined Plane?

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Charged Ball on String: Tension and Vertical Movement Explained

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How do I solve for the equilibrium of a cable system?

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Max Horizontal Force for Two Blocks to Accelerate Without Slipping

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Acceleration of block M1 with pulley constraint

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Spring constant of Achilles tendon

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How Does Air Resistance Modify the Equation for Falling Objects?

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Spring constant of car suspension with 3 Hz oscillation frequency

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Solving Oscillation Problems with Steel Ruler Measurements

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The Internal Energy of Neon Gas

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Find Capacitance for Camera Flash Unit

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Finding electron velocity from 3000V gun in magnetic field

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How Does Halving the Radius Affect the Period in Centripetal Acceleration?

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Bullet fired horizontally around the Moon

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Variable Resistor/Potentiometer

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WEIGHT and ACCELERATION as you FALL and CLIMB UP

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What is the magnitude of the elevators acceleration

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Finding damping time constant from spring amplitude decay

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Projectile thrown up an incline, max distance?

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When Does the Wave Reach Maximum Displacement?

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Strength of magnetic field F = ILBsin(theta)

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Physics - Vectors and 2D motion

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Tire Pressure Gauge Reading at 44.2°C

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Calculating Current and Voltage in Series and Parallel Circuits

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Submarine Torpedo Momentum Question: Solving for Velocity Change

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What's the acceleration of the 2kg block?

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Finding speed of light in a material from critical angle of 32.4°

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Time an object takes to oscillate

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Figure skater spinning with arms in and out

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Finding Phase Constant and air-track glider

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Solving Amplitude Problem for Air Track Glider

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Find Amplitude of Glider in Air-Track Oscillation

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Solving a Pulley System: Find Acceleration a

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Calculating Bullet Trajectory Distance at 30° Angle

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Calculating Energy Expenditure for Weight Loss Through Stair Climbing

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Ampere's Law (I think). Induced current from current carrying wire

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What Causes the Net Torque on a Uniform Disk?

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Right circular cylinder volume with radius 2.36 cm and length 44 cm

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How Does Archimedes' Principle Determine Buoyant Force?

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Linear Thermal Expansion: Bridge Joints

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Equilibrium of Forces on a Spring

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Solving Friction Problem for 30.0 kg Packing Case in a 1500 kg Pickup Truck

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How Does a 90-Degree Bend Affect Pressure Drop in Pipes?

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When do I use V=kq/d versus W=qEd for electric potential?

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How Does Friction Affect Oscillations in a Spring-Mass System?

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Calculating BB Gun Muzzle Velocity Using Projectile Motion Equations

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Work to spin up a CD from rest to 1.26 m/s tangential speed

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How Much Work Does the Wall Do to Stop a Skater?

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Are force and volume fundamental units?

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Projectile Motion Up An Incline Plane

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Standing waves and maximum intensity?

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Two moving blocks, find small blocks final velocity

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Why ice keeps drinks cooler than wood as a coolant

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What Is the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction Between the Box and the Dirt?

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Constructive and destructive wave interference

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What is the de Broglie wavelength of an electron accelerated by 75V?

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Can a Hot Wheels Car Travel 42 cm with Initial Kinetic Energy Alone?

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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Pulley System on a Ramp?

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Mechanics quesiton. Skateboarder on ramp.

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How long to discharge a 60 Ah car battery with all lights on?

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Proving parallel axis theorem for equilateral triangle moment of inertia

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Applying constant acceleration frame by frame

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A Few Questions I Would Like to Endeavour to Ask

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Collision in two dimensions (not heads on)

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What is the required force to lift oneself using movable pulleys?

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Why the Hand-in-Pocket Trick for High Voltages?

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How to Calculate the Net Force on a Rectangular Loop by a Straight Wire?

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Find Ice Mass to Make Water Temp 29°C

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Solving Force and Velocity: Get Answer in 7.3m/s

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How Is Work Done by a Spring Calculated?

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