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Understanding Moment Equations in Rigid Body Equilibrium

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Cat sliding on frozen lake with friction

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Magnetic field of a circular loop of wire

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Find Thickness of Oil Film on Water, \lambda = 550 nm

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Energy Conservation of an electron

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Induced charge distribution on two different radius sphere

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Electron launched at 45° in parallel-plate capacitor

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Does Distance Affect the EMF According to Faraday's Law?

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What is the Definition of Average Velocity in Physics?

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Change in gravitational potential energy and work done against gravity

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3 pieces of Polaroid sheet (light intensity)

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General relativity Theory, spacetime and string theory question

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2 Plane mirror problems. no numbers

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Pendulum Problem and steiner' law

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Finding where electric field is zero between two charges

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Frictional Torque Flywheel Question

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Determine the components of force

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Calculating Spring and Damping Constants for a Car Suspension System

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How Do You Calculate the Velocity of a Mine Car Hoisted Up an Incline?

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Centre of Mass of carpenter's L square -

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Work Done by a Spring Force and block problem

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Spring problem in British units

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Bowling Ball Rise: Find Speed at Top w/Conservation of Energy

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Work and energy without friction

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Ideal Spring and Real Spring Difference? (Hooke's Law)

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Electric fields of wool and silk

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Question + Problem on Collision/momentum

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How Do You Calculate a Boat's Acceleration on a Circular Path?

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Can a car crash be an elastic collision?

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Time for two bodies to collide under mutual gravity

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Law of conservation of linear momentum and energy

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How High Can a Tower of Sugar Cubes Be?

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How to Find Instantaneous Velocity at a Specific Time?

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Measuring resistance of thermistor in potential dividers

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Q=mcT heat problem, were did i go wrong?

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How Does a Hydraulic Lift Work with Different Piston Sizes and Weights?

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Angle of strongest polarization

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Electric field expression problem

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Measurement of Gravity (Simple Harmonic Motion)

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How to find the k constant of a spring?

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Beat frequency of strobe lights

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How Do You Calculate the Torque on a Spinning Disk?

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Energy Problem Involving Spring Force

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Angular velocity and moment of inertia

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Calculating Coefficient of Kinetic Friction in a Hockey Game

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Resolving Discrepancies in Photon Gas Thermodynamics

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How Does Adding Mass Affect the Angular Momentum of a Rotating System?

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Grating, second-order spectrum and interference

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Acceleration/Velocity Relationship

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What is the work rate of an escalator lifting a woman from bottom to top?

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Conservation of Momentum initial velocity curved path

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How Does Impact Affect System Angular Momentum?

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Acoustic pulse echoes from canyon walls 147 m apart

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Gravatational Field Strength problem (Grade 12 physics)

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Capacitors with multiple dielectrics

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Energy density of a 15 kg lead-acid battery vs gasoline

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Work and Kinetic Energy Theorem

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Energy density of a 15 kg lead-acid battery vs gasoline

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Coefficient of Static Friction on a Banked Curve

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Capacitance problem (verify answer)

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Electron current from STM tunnel in pA

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Verifying Circuit Calculations: Is It Correct?

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How Far Did the Earthquake Occur from the Seismic Station?

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Plot the graph of the electrical field

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How Do You Convert Joules to Kilowatt-Hours for Hotel Energy Monitoring?

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Center of Mass and Energy in an Explosive Collision: A Homework Question

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Minimum spectral width of a 300ns laser pulse

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Finding Force and Angle for Mop Head Movement

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Magnification and image location for concave and convex mirrors

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How Is Laser Beam Intensity Calculated?

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Relativity: Comparing Clocks in Different Frames

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TV resolution and the Rayleigh criterion with 485 lines

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Simple single-slit sound diffraction

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Yes, there is no force shown in the figure on A.

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Amount of energy stored in a magnetic field

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Angular momentum of clay and rotating device system

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How many Excess Electrons are in a Typical Lightning Bolt?

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Confusion with work and constant velocity

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Trouble finding velocity equation

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Minimum index of refraction for total internal reflection in a prism

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Rotational Motion: Disc Movement

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Rotational kinematics on a plane

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Determining the number of photons that reach the earth

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How do I calculate average emf?

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Finding Resonating Frequencies in Pipes

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What is the Formula for Determining Height in Newton's Law of Gravitation?

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