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Andgular Displacement, and speed

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How Do You Calculate Wavelength in Doppler Effect Scenarios?

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How Does Rotating Polaroid Filters Affect Light Intensity?

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Turn-on voltage of pn junction diodes

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Average Power Input for Wheel with Rotational Inertia

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Determining Pulley Strings: Efficiency & Function Explained

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Solving for Equal Capacitors in Parallel: Potential of Each

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Moments Question: Bike Equilibrium Conditions

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Nonlinear spring energy problem

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Constant Angular Velocity Problem

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Solving Dynamics Homework Problem: Ceiling Force on Hook

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Billiard Balls-Elastic Collision

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Linear expansion distance problem

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First Year Relativity Problem from Exam

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Temperature-Dependent Length Difference Between Aluminum and Copper Rods

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Angular acceleration, is my method correct?

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Dimensional Analysis and units of voltage

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Coulomb's Law Problem: Calculating Force and Direction [Homework Solution]

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Voltage after connecting two capacitors

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Newtons law of motion type of question

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Projectile motion from edge of building

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Projectile Mass & Energy: Solving for Speed in a Cannon Carrell

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How to Calculate Optimal Thickness for Thin-Film Optical Coatings

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Force & Acceleration of a Ridgid Body

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How Do You Incorporate Mass into the Biot-Savart Law Formula?

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Gravitational Forces: Why Doesn't Sun Revolve Around Earth?

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How Does the Ceiling Exert Force on a Pulley System?

  • J89
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How Does Wavelength Affect Refraction Angle in Diamonds?

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Solve Force & Acceleration Homework

  • joemama69
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Calculating spring equilibrium length HW question HARD

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Acceleration on a hill (both up and down)

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How Long to Heat Ammonia Gas by 12°C with Solar Power?

  • cash.money
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Find Net Torque: Solve Homework Problem w/ F1, F2, F3, F4, r, R

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Examples of travelling and standing waves

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Total charge on an insulating sphere

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Block hits a rod with axle in middle

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How Does Torque Depend on the Position of Forces Acting on a Pen?

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AQA AS Level ESA June 09 Exam Paper

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Diffraction grating, lines per mm, and how to show the spacing

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Snell's Law - figuring out index of refraction

  • Munky
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How Do You Calculate the Period of Oscillation for a Physical Pendulum?

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Longitudinal Waves (Heart Wall of unborn)

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What is the energy of each photon produced in the decay of the pion?

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Can one float on petrol?Mechanics: in relation to one Swimming in the Dead Sea

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Calculating Mass and Height Changes in a Hydraulic Lift

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Floating Ice Block: Height & Penguin Capacity

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Understanding Hydraulic Lifts: Cross-Sectional Area and Piston Size Explained

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Calculate the specific heat capacity of this metal

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Rotational and translational energy problem

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Induced magnetic and electric fields question

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Induced current in long straight wire

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Pushing a box up an inclined plane

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How does the mass of a cannon affect the speed of a fired cannonball?

  • Joe91090
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How Does Water Depth Affect Wave Speed and Particle Motion?

  • Yuqing
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Calculating Post-Collision Speed and Initial Speed of Two Cars at Intersection

  • physicsjessic
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Bubbles turn black when they pop

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What is the Recoil Speed of a Rifle Firing a Bullet?

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How Many Dynes to Change Length of Spring by 20cm?

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Change in a siren's volume question

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Flow of water vs mercury vs treacle

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Torque with a pulley of radius R and mass M

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Gravitational force, Speed, and period of a Satellite.

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Thermodynamics: Adiabatic Compression

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Force on wire due to magnetic field

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Determine the point at which the electric field is zero.

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Orbital Period of Apollo Mission

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Simple Mass-Spring System Problem

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Solve Chain Torque Problem: Find Distance from Left Chain

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How Loud Are Seven Clarinets Compared to One?

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What is the velocity of medicine emerging from a hypodermic syringe?

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How Does a 2.80 dB Difference Affect Sound Intensity?

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How Far Apart Are Light Fringes in a Double Slit Experiment?

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Damped oscillations - Finding damping coefficient

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Calculate Flow Velocity and Hole Diameter in Water Tank Problem

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Double Slit Interference and linear distance

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Calculating Third-Order Maximum Angle for Grating

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What Determines the Final Temperature of Ice and Water Mix?

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Which Isotope Has Half the Nuclear Radius of Dysprosium-160?

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Transverse Speed of a particle on a wave

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Calculating Beat Frequency in the Doppler Effect

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Calculating Length, Diameter and Volume Change of a Laser Rod

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"Intensity of Incoherent EM Waves

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Final temperature after calories are added

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Find Optimal Wavelength for Thin Film Camera Lens Coated with Magnesium Fluoride

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Calculating Bullet Speed from Impact with Lumber

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RLC Circuit - Voltage drop across Inductor

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Zero Magnetic Force: Proton in Uniform Magnetic Field

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Power in a circuit with an inductor and integrals

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Electric potential and potential energy

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Bridge Circuit (resistors, whoo)

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Determining Time for Nut to Go Through Taper with Oversizing Machine

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