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Finding emf and internal resistance from V-I graph

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Some Hydrostatics ConceptsWhen to use Buoyancy/When to use

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Energy conservation and projectile motion

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Proton in electric and magnetic fields

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Applying the parabolic trajectory equation correctly

  • GregD603
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Work and velocity for ball thrown upward with air resistance

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What is the Number of Coulombs of Positive Charge in Water?

  • GenMipps
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Cathode Ray Tube Magnetic Question

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Piston oscillating in insulated tube with gas on both sides

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Waveform Revision: Past Exam Papers for Test Prep on Thursday

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Forces on blocks with 3 different masses.

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R is the constant in the ideal gas law.

  • the whizz
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How Does Light Intensity Vary with One Slit in a Diffraction Experiment?

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Calculation of magnetic field from electric field

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Rotational Inertia of merry go round

  • bphysics
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Finding Slit Separation Using the Double-Slit Apparatus

  • patelpalak
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Entropy Change in a Carnot Engine

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Significant Digits in Measurements and Computations

  • HussanAli
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Right Hand Rule: Proton or Electron?

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Power Loss In Transmission Lines (Again?)

  • Jiachao
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Does Higher Resistance Mean Brighter Bulbs?

  • tokoG
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Force on a circular loop near an infinite current-carrying wire

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Calculating Heat Needed to Heat 5 kg. Water from 20C to Steam at 100C

  • Spaniard
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Calculating Electron Trajectory in an Electric Field

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Why Is My Calculation of Net Torque Incorrect?

  • jghlee
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Effects of Placing a Compass Under a Cable

  • UNknown 2010
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Force needed to accelerate a 2.0kg ball at 3.0m/s²

  • 123tricks
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Power Dissipation in Circuit Calculation

  • brentwoodbc
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Length Contraction/Time Dilation

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Can the normal force between a blocks accelerating together be zero?

  • mistymoon_38
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Acceleration of a Textbook on a Flat Surface

  • frostking
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Smallest distance between object and image - lens.

  • Kruum
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Calculating Ball Impact Speed: Solving the Physics Problem

  • Jjolly65
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Magnetic field of a finite-length wire

  • Chen
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Beam and Hinge Equilibrium Analysis

  • sinequanon
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How Much Work Is Needed to Position a Charge in an Equilateral Triangle?

  • indie452
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2 masses attached with a spring falling

  • Dweirdo
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Final Project Presentation Topic?

  • RobSoko315
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Electric field in conducting shell with central charge using Gauss's law

  • physics213
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Calculating Jim Goff's Hourly Wage

  • abhikesbhat
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How Fast Does a Ball Move When Pushed by Compressed Air?

  • brunettegurl
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Finding the coefficients of friction

  • wilson_chem90
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Angular Velocity of the Hubble Space Telescope

  • joemama69
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Difference between magnetic flux and magnetic flux density

  • UNknown 2010
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How Is Charge Distributed in a Conductor with an Internal Cavity?

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Single slit Diffraction using green light

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Gravitational pull, superposition

  • lemonpie
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What is the Terminal Velocity and Drag at High Altitudes?

  • bigboss
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How Do You Calculate Uncertainty for a Perfect Straight Line?

  • leo037
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Kinetic Friction + Acceleration

  • cd19
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How to Find h in Hydrostatics?

  • Saladsamurai
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A monatomic gas is adiabatically compressed

  • vorcil
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Faraday's Law problem involving selenoid.

  • Kizaru
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Electricity and Magnetism Question (Related to circuits). .

  • Partap03
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Finding equation of the position

  • Lord Dark
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2 Problems i need hlep with, Acceleation and Time

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Determining scale readings given different densities

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Calculating Velocity for a Soap-Box Car with Rolling Wheels

  • joemama69
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Calculate electric field at origin, with 3 charges

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Missile launch speed and flight time at 20 degrees

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Dragging loop out of magnetic field (Finding Force)

  • GDGirl
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What Forces Determine the Stability of a Ladder in Static Equilibrium?

  • lemonpie
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Force on a Charged Object in a Field

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How do I find bending moment and shear forces at the centre of a beam?

  • cd19
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Effective focal length of eye lens with book at 40 cm

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Two boxes connected with a pulley, one hanging

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I don't really understand Coulombs Law

  • bran91bran
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Contracting Loop in a Magnetic Field (emf and current)

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Find the tension in a rope with a 60kg man hanging on one side

  • bigboss
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Spring-mass system: period, speed, and energy in SHM

  • no1schuifan
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Direction of the electric field

  • soopo
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Solved: Density of Induced Charge is 7.083*10-7 C/m2

  • Dell
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Volume of water above a quarter-cylinder submerged in a tank

  • Saladsamurai
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Forces (moment of inertia) Question

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Understanding Moment of Inertia in a Rotational System

  • Lord Dark
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Ball thrown from building at 53° finds height and wall distance

  • Lord Dark
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Solve Hot-Wheels Car Mass, Velocity for Height

  • smithers11
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How Does the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Illustrate the Balance of Forces?

  • General_Sax
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Moment of inertia of sphere and rod rotating about z-axis

  • Lord Dark
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Finding the speed of a metal ball

  • smithers11
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Finding particle speed ratio with E=mc² and E=Bev

  • soopo
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Isobarric, Isochoric, Adiabatic cycles

  • Trenthan
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How do i find the difference in voltage from point A to B

  • Dell
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Ball swinging down hits block: find impulse, average force, max force

  • Lord Dark
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Some questions(pulleys,rotation)

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Work done in Adiabatic, Quasistatic-compression

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Converting Units in the Lorentz Force Law

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Find Net Capictance: Capacitor C

  • Garvit
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Can Diffraction Occur with Any Size Opening Relative to Wavelength?

  • Nerd
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Problem on thermodynamics first law again

  • ky92
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What is the Angle Between Forces in Equilibrium?

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What is the volume of an air bubble in water at a depth of 50m?

  • soopo
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Capacitance and distance between plates

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Wave speed on a string and harmonics of piano notes

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Maximum force from floor on bouncing ball from 2.60 m

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Finding the CM of a Bar of Variable Density

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Scientific Principles for School Project

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Acceleration of the lower block

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