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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

  • phy112
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Measuring power output of solar cells and panels

  • jonnyrocks
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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?

  • laura297
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Easy Acceleration / Friction question

  • dglenn9000
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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?

  • soul5
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Why Does the Tension in the Lower Rope Not Depend on Mass M1?

  • tizzful
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Maximum Height Reached by Block on Spring

  • Ry122
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Heat Pump Q: Cost of Winter Heat w/ 75% CoP

  • ewnair
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Evaporation from a swimming pool

  • jabbie3
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How far has the spring been compressed?

  • Ry122
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Depth of lake (Pressure/fluids)

  • Elbobo
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Solving Billy and Speakers: 16m, 0.8m, 3000 Hz

  • axgalloway
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What Is the Focal Length of Veronique's Glasses for Clear Vision?

  • phy112
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What is her speed relative to the ice surface?

  • Ry122
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Normal force between two boxes pushed horizontally

  • Lee Colombo
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When and where do two thrown coconuts collide?

  • 5.98e24
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Rotational Inertia of a Rigid Body with Joined Rods

  • Shatzkinator
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Distance a spring has been compressed

  • Joe_I_Am
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Angular and tangential motion of bugs on a spinning fan blade

  • srjs8812
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Protons in a particle accelerator

  • AliAliAli
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Final temperature of compressed air in engine cylinder

  • wcbryant87
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What Is the Speed and Average Acceleration of the Minute Hand on a Clock?

  • StupidGenius
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Calculating the Average Force of a Weather Balloon on an Airplane

  • maylilla
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Rotational speed of a tire at 2500 rev/min with 40cm radius

  • zombie4000
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Finding the charge on a capacitator

  • Dell
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Change in potential and kinetic energy

  • science_rules
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Energy dissipated by a resistor in an RC circuit

  • ehilge
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Throwing a ball in zero gravity and force from a firehose

  • XodoX
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Vacuum Chamber Suction Pressure: -100 Kpa or 0 Kpa?

  • nastaynas
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Acceleration produced from dragging a box up a hill?

  • FREEDOGGY
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Finding initial velocities in an inelastic collision between truck and car

  • onecoolcat
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Projectile motion in a spring loaded gun

  • Darknes51986
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Calculating Coefficient of Friction for a Skier on an Inclined Slope

  • Alexi
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Dipole in an Uniform Electric Field concept?

  • fallen186
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Superposition of 3 forces on a point charge

  • jenzao
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Equilibrium gel height when transferring between two closed tanks

  • katchum
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Spring Passing Equilibrium Position

  • TwinGemini14
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Question:Parallel capacitors and electric beams

  • Joop!!
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Inclined accelerating pendulum question

  • cloughenough
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How Much Ice Is Needed to Cool Water from 25°C to 10°C?

  • Finland
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How Does m=2 Affect the Path Difference in Double-Slit Interference?

  • lha08
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Period of Oscillation for a Standing Transverse Wave on a Flexible String

  • collegegirl13
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Calculate the Effective Spring Constant using Coulomb's Law

  • jamba88
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Why Do Incandescent Bulb Light Patterns Differ with Slit Experiments?

  • Funktimus
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Calculating Post-Impact Velocity in a Golf Club-Ball Collision

  • Ry122
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Isothermal Expansion: Work and Heat

  • minidee
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Entropy of Macroscopic Collision

  • begbeg42
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Convex Mirror Image Calculation

  • roxxyroxx
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Parallel Lightbulbs- resistance total

  • GDGirl
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Calculating Coefficient of Kinetic Friction from Given Forces

  • Ry122
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Work and electric potential in a field

  • rrr3221
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What is the PHYSICS metric unit for the measurement of:?

  • amandamolegir
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Determine the normal force on the track

  • Ry122
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Second Law of Thermodynamics - heat pumps and air conditioners

  • elcaptain
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Light & Optics Physics Contest: 2 Questions Need Help

  • ballaholic8
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How Do Bats Hear High Frequencies?

  • m.l.
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Inelastic collision, kinetic energy

  • lemonpie
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Energy added to Ice- determine final temperature

  • markdflip
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Motion in the field (electric, magnetic) questions

  • 385sk117
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Solving Spring Homework: Angular Frequency & Amplitude

  • XJellieBX
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Image Distance of a concave mirror ( with algebra)

  • Cheezay
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Spring Compression from 8.0kg Mass Sliding 7.00m Down 51deg Incline

  • Ry122
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How Is the Net Electric Field Calculated Between Two Negatively Charged Disks?

  • StephenDoty
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How much work done by friction? (coefficient given)

  • Lothar
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Proving a block completes a circular loop with energy conservation

  • nrahim
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Ratio kinetic energy of alpha particle / kinetic energy of proton

  • 385sk117
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Batter hits a ball momentum problem

  • mandy34874
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Mass equivalent to one hydrogen atom?

  • littlkj5
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How Do You Calculate the Period of a Spacecraft's Elliptical Orbit?

  • KayleighK
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Nuclear Physics, photons, electrons and positrons

  • aimslin22
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Nuclear Physics, portons and neutrons

  • aimslin22
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Does amplitude affect the period of a mass on a spring?

  • okgo
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Calculating Sound Intensity and Level of a Whisper

  • xgoddess210
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What is the ball's maximum acceleration?

  • lijoeman
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Probability Density for Interferometer

  • Einstein2nd
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Can someone explain the inclined plane picture to me?

  • Lothar
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Circular motion normal force, elastic collision, and momentum conservation

  • kiarrahannice
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Solve Gravitation Problem: Find Planet Radius from 11 kg Satellite Orbit

  • ChazyChazLive
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What is the oscillation frequency?

  • lijoeman
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Lagranguan / Coupled Oscillator

  • Trenthan
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Inclined plane (ranking normal force)

  • jtulloss
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Proton speed for same momentum as 6.0-MeV photon

  • stayfocused
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How to draw a freebody diagram of a non ideal pulley

  • Gorz
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De Broglie and other Quantum Questions

  • DizzyDoo
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Force and pressure from raindrops hitting a skylight

  • begbeg42
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Coursework - Determining Resistivity

  • coolnufc
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Mechanics by Landau: Solving a Lagrangian Problem

  • Advent
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Cylinder gas, pressure question

  • yopy
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