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Determine the value of the resistance R that will produce a current

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The Physics of Friction: Why Rough Wood Has More Friction

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Help me find the final velocity tnx

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Solving Bear on Iceberg: Limit Weight & Stay Safe

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How Do You Calculate Stress on a Piston Rod?

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Hershey park/ Physics day Problems

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Calculating Changes in Enthalpy and Entropy for Isobaric Gas Expansion

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T(1/2)+ \sqrt{3}. T ( \sqrt{3}. /2) = 100

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Time rate of change for electric flux help

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Canoeist Weight Distribution: How Far Can He Reach Without Getting Wet?

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Two speakers driven by the same force

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Rest energy and Kinetic Energy of a Photon - velocity?

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How Fast Does a Cylinder Roll Down an Inclined Plane?

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Block of wood pushed up a wooden ramp

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Weather balloon in wind, find displacement

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Photoelectric effect and cutoff frequency

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Launching a Rocket To mars help

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Solved: Calculating Barge Rise from 7 Tonnes of Grain Removed

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Atmospheric Density from: Alt, Temp, Pressure & Humidity

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Calculating Earthquake Force with Pendulum Measurements

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Understanding Concave Lenses: A Homework Statement

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Proving Acceleration of A ≤ Acceleration of B

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Sliding/toppling of a block on a ramp

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Solving Impulse & Momentum for Time Needed for Block A to Reach 2 m/s

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Calculating Single Slit Diffraction Width with 630 nm Light

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How Much Energy Is Needed to Drag a Block Over a Distance?

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Finding the currents in this system

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Young's Modulus of Copper Wire: N/m Value

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Wave functions and probabilities

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Interference pattern, wavelength

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Induction on a Loop Homework: 0.520Ω Square Wire

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Calculate density A graduated cylinder

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Sliding Rod In A Magnetic Field (w/ Static Friction)

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Mechanics, PE to position function

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Solve Vector Questions: Homework Statement

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Hydrostatics - submerged lamina

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Electric Force and Potential Energy Calculations

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What is the Velocity of a Car with Constant Acceleration?

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Calculating RLC Circuit Power with Frequency: Solutions & Equations

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Calculating Energy Stored in Capacitors in a Series Circuit

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Finding the Spring Constant of a Water-Balloon Launcher

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Bullet fired and penetrates a block of wood

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Calculating EMF and Current in a Circuit with Internal Resistance

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Trouble with a density mass problem

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Finding the fraction of electrons lost

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What is the Force Constant for Gaseous 14N16O?

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Earth's magnetic field ten times superior to what's expected

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What Is the Speed of the Composite Object After Collision?

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How does a collision at an angle affect momentum calculation?

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What are some suitable topics for a paper about physics?

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Are amp-seconds the same as capacitance?

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Calculating Depth of Immersion of an Ice Cone in Water

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Conceptual Question: Energy of ions across a voltage difference

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Batteries in Parallel vs. Batteries in Series

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Calculate Maximum Spring Compression: 0.4 kg Object, 80 N/m Constant

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Solving Motion Equation: Transposing s=ut + 1/2at^2 for a

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Something weird about Rotational Kinematic Equations

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Is Work Done During Changes in State?

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Calculating Fan Power & Efficiency: What Data do I Need?

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Help in strain energy calculation

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Solving Unknown Quantity of Gas: Help Appreciated!

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Solving Static Equilibrium: 15.5 m Ladder & 500 N Weight

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Relative Motion: Solving for Time Elapsed for Boats A & B

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Tetherball - Classical Mechanics

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Does Terrain Affect Bullet Travel Distance in Sniping?

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Solving a Physics Magnification Problem with a 6cm Focal Length Magnifier

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Stopping a Train: Calculating Time from Velocity

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Special Relativity and reference frames

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Does the Cross Product of -k and -i Result in +j?

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Electric Charges Homework: Potential Difference & Capacitance

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Finding time a ball is in the air

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Calculating Acceleration of a Rocket Launch

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Solving a 1974 kg Weather Rocket Mystery

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Measuring the Height of Mountains on the Moon

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How to find velocity given coefficient of friction, distance, mass and v1?

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Newton's 2nd law and Lorentz Force

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How Does the Biot-Savart Law Apply to Uneven Currents in a Split Loop?

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How Fast Was Randy Barnes' Record-Setting Shot Putt?

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What is the Length of the Ski Slope?

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How far apart the stop signs are

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Light Intensity Lab: Solving Junior Assignment w/ 3-Page Write-Up

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Sabine's reverberation time equation and large spaces

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Solving Rolling Question Homework: Speed & Acceleration

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Steady State Ideal Gas Where Do I start

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Calculate the tension in the tie-rope between the rod and the wall

  • Lord Dark
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Calculating Particle Speed with Relativity

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Projectile Motion (Ball thrown Hortizonally)

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Some electrodynamics questions (waves)

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How Is Force Calculated When an Object Hits the Ground?

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How Long Does It Take for Two Rocks Thrown from a Bridge to Hit the Water?

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Finding the magnitude of acceleration

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Centroid,centre of mass and centre of gravity

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How Far Will a Car Coast Up a Hill After Running Out of Gas?

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EMF, Power Output, and Terminal Voltage

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