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How Efficient Can a Heat Engine Be Between 1200 K and 300 K?

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Thermodynamics: Finding Specific Heat of Ice

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Max distance of resolution from 2 point sources of light

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Where Will the Final Image Be Located in a Two-Lens System?

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R1 350 Ohms: What Current Flows at 50V?

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Finding contact force between two blocks pushed together

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Roational Inertia of a triangle

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Finding EMF, internal resistance, and power dissipated in a cell circuit

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Finding the capcitance of this capacitator

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Finding Period with Double Stars

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What Frequencies Form Standing Waves in a Microwave Cavity?

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How Do Kepler's Laws Explain Satellite Orbits in Simulated Experiments?

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R Network- finding total resistance.

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Fundamental Frequency of Open and Closed Tube

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Solve Torque Question: Will Free Point B Go Up?

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Calculating Centrifugal Force of a Car on a Curved Road

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Thin film light interference question

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What is the difference between an induced emf and a back emf?

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Elastic Collision: 1kg Object, 0.7kg Object, 0.2s Interval

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Why do magnetic poles always occur in north-south pairs?

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Which Hand Rule Determines Current Direction in Magnetic Fields?

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Thevenin's equivalent circuit problem

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Rocket changing direction by perpendicular gas ejection

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What Is the Final Velocity of a Mass Accelerated by a Force?

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Seperation of the induced charge

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Pendulum speed with only height from equilibrium

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Why are voltages across resistor and inductor out of phase in an RL circuit?

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How Does Charging by Induction Work with a Positive Object?

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Air Pressure and Net Force on a Door in a Tornado

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What is the net torque on a wheel with given dimensions and direction?

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Centripetal force on amoeba in centrifuge

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Determining Natural Length of a Spring

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Calculating Average Intensity of a laser blackboard pointer

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Work to Stretch Spring from 35cm to 40cm

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Solve Circular Motion: Satellite Height, Speed, Location

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Heating power of two radiators in parallel and series

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What is a Suitable Projectile for a Small Trebuchet?

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Solving for Unknown Frequency: Tuning Fork Beats

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Why are electric field equations E = Kq/r and E = Kq/r² both used?

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Where Can I Find Sinusoidal Problems for RC and RL Circuits?

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Special Relativity: Why is Length Contraction Inverse of Time Dilation?

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What Is the Distance Traveled by a Disc on a Block Before Coming to Rest?

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How much charge stored in capacitor ?

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Child on merry-go-round: angular and centripetal acceleration

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Tension and acceleration in pulley system with rotating pulley

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Parachutist free fall with drag coefficient change at t=10s

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Finding the coefficient of kinetic friction using impulse/momentum

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What Is the Speed of the Second Puck After a Head-On Collision?

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Thermal Expansion Ethanol Problem

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Rotational Mechanics(The concept of spinning)

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Potential difference in parallel - capacitors

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Impossible heisburg uncertainty question that makes no sense

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Force exerted on inside of a box by a gas

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Calculate Tension in String: m1=4.50 kg, m2=7.50 kg, a=1.4 m/s^2

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What is the Minimum Uncertainty in Block's Speed on a Frictionless Surface?

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Estimate the density of the water

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Object Lifted By Cord (Stress/Tension Problem)

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How to get the critically damped vibration equation

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Help with Spring Problem - Find a Function & Position at t=pi/12

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Thermodynamic Work: Find w P, V, T Not Constants

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Angular position, speed, and acceleration

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Calculating Width of Single Slit Diffraction Pattern

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I used to be good at phyics, but

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B-field Component of Electromagnetic Wave After Change in Time

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What Is the Efficiency of a Monoatomic Ideal Gas Cycle?

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Tuning fork frequency in a resonating water tube

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Using energy conservation to find forces between two particles

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Why is the magnetic field zero at the center of a square loop?

  • Nimmy
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How Do You Calculate the Radius of a Copper Cable Using Ohm's Law?

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Focal length of her contact lenses

  • phy112
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Normal force and friction on a parked car on a 20° slope

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Calculating Probability of Particle in a Box

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Voltage/current in circuit with two temperature sensors

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Calculating earth's speed using radius and speed of light, etc.

  • DDRchick
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Point charges arranged as a trianngle

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Temperature and Kinetic Energy question

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Distance between lense and film to get a focused picture

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Measuring power output of solar cells and panels

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Question on heat transfer of a plane wall

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What Is the Pressure on an Object 10m Below Sea Level?

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Easy Acceleration / Friction question

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How Do You Calculate Rotational Inertia for a Solid Block?

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How to Calculate Initial Radioactive Activity for Patient Treatment?

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Why Does the Tension in the Lower Rope Not Depend on Mass M1?

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Maximum Height Reached by Block on Spring

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Heat Pump Q: Cost of Winter Heat w/ 75% CoP

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