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How Does Heating Affect the Properties of Nitrogen Gas?

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What is the tension in the string connecting a cork and a cube in water?

  • college boy19
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Circuit with 2 loops, find the current in one of the loops

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Can an Astronaut Survive by Throwing a Toolkit in Space?

  • ppl k1ll3r
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Can a Square Coil Fit into a Round Solenoid?

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Percent Uncertainty Problem -NEED HELP

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A little guidance with thermal conductivity please

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Physics algebra and calculus help

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Beam of particles focused by magnetic field

  • phyzmatix
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What are the differences between Kinematics and Dynamics?

  • chrisyuen
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Converting V to eV: A Problem Solving Guide

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Help involving vector (bio-savart law)

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Finding the Work Done in a Monatomic Ideal Gas Process

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Experimental Value of Planck's Constant?

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Quantum Physics: Calculate Highest X-Ray Freq of 8.00E+04 eV Electrons

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I think i did this electric potential problem correctly but

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Finding Time and Velocity for a Package Dropped from a Hot Air Balloon

  • brusier
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Minimum Speed for Puck to Reach Top of Frictionless Ramp?

  • talaroue
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Bernoulli Equation: Finding t_fall Expression

  • Saladsamurai
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How do I incorporate theta into the momentum equation for Fluids homework?

  • Saladsamurai
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What Force Does the 4 kg Block Exert on the 7 kg Block?

  • PrideofPhilly
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Space Station-Artificial Gravity

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Speed of a bullet in ballistic spring system

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How much is the current flowing in the transmission line?

  • golriz
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Electric energy - potential difference problem

  • physics213
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Compression of spring wrt speed

  • brunettegurl
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Energy Loss in a Collision: Calculating Speed and Percentage

  • brunettegurl
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Ball rolling down a segment then up a parabolic segment

  • talaroue
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Rectangle tipping point on ramp

  • xkirkx
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Find Antinode Closest to x=0.25m in Standing Wave

  • lha08
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Newton's laws and incline surfaces

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Parallel plate capacitor and insulating material

  • tarellan
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Moment of Inertia of a butterfly-shaped yoyo

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Scattering collisions/lorentz-invariant quantity

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How Does dV/dt Vary in a Charging Capacitor?

  • tarellan
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Inelastic Collision, only masses known

  • BATBLady
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Puddy hitting a mass attached to spring

  • xkirkx
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3 blocks on a frictionless surface

  • talaroue
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Moment of inertia of triangle about tip formula

  • RussellJ
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What Magnetic Field Strength Keeps an Electron on a Straight Path?

  • 22steve
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Max Displacement of Particle at x=0.5cm

  • lha08
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Light Fundamentals (3) problems

  • whitehorsey
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Bound charges - Question about the maths. Did I calculate this correctly?

  • phyzmatix
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Magnetic field from two wires and magnitude

  • tarellan
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What Do Wave Number and Phase Constant Mean in Wave Equations?

  • lha08
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Magnetic Fields and wires question

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Wavelength of 4.00 p to 4.00 s Transition in Sodium

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Acceleration on a curve [kinematics]

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Average Speed and Free-Falling Objects

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Truck brakes and the distance they travel

  • brunettegurl
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Magnetic field and direction question.

  • rss14
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Charged Spheres +quadratic equation

  • Shatzkinator
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How Does Charge Redistribution Affect Forces in a Triangular Sphere System?

  • Shatzkinator
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Newton's Third Law - Using pulleys and slopes

  • tastypotato
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Capacitor and diode curcit for ac to dc voltage

  • nokia8650
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What is the relationship between rotational inertia and the inertia tensor?

  • chrisyuen
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What Is the Correct Way to Calculate Unbalanced Force?

  • sothis
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How Far Does a Particle Travel in One Period of SHM?

  • JenMel
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Force on a sphere in a constant external electric field

  • captain.joco
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How do I draw a graph for a progressive wave?

  • Vaseline
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Why Does the Ramp Exert Total Force mg Instead of mgcos30 on the Mass?

  • Lavace
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How Is the Mass of a Charged Particle Determined in an Electric Field?

  • adca14
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Photoelectric effect and work function

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Displacement, velocity and acceleration

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Magnetic Force Between Wires Problem #2

  • medgirl
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Force Between Two Wires (Magnetism)

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DC Circuit. Kirchoff's 2nd law.

  • Gregg
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Boy Scout Problem Homework: Solve Kinematics Equations

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Newton's 3rd law- inclined plane

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How Does Newton's Third Law Apply to Tension in a Dog Sled Scenario?

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Solve Newton's 3rd Law Homework: Mass of Block on Left

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Resolving Forces in a Hanging Bag of Sand

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Physics Midterm Explanation Kirkoff Rule

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How Much Work is Done by Gravity When Lowering a Piano with Two Ropes?

  • talaroue
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Coefficient of Friction Needed?

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Why we would 32 in Celsius to Fahrenheit & Vice Versa

  • HussanAli
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Finding Tension in a Block-Pulley System

  • frostking
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Why Does the Internal Resistance Graph Have a Negative Gradient?

  • Vaseline
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Calculating Force: Rifle & Wood Bullet Impact

  • Jjolly65
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Calculating Work Done by Gravity on a Moved Book

  • talaroue
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How can the tension in the cord be calculated using conservation of energy?

  • joemama69
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HELP ME with THESE QUESTIONS P L E A S E thanks

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Help with seemingly easy problem on energy and momentum

  • kinza
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What is the Electric Field at the Center of a Square with Four Charges?

  • kman12
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Electromagnetic wave striking a small pocket mirror

  • Minihoudini
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Volt/amp Question: You Got V=14.74? I=0.72A? Need Help

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What is the Q value for lead in the Rutherford Experiment?

  • the whizz
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What Determines the Repulsion Between Two Positively Charged Spheres?

  • Ry122
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General help understanding emf and p.d

  • Gregg
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Some Hydrostatics ConceptsWhen to use Buoyancy/When to use

  • Saladsamurai
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Energy conservation and projectile motion

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