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Electromagnetic waves radiating away from a transmitting tower

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How to find the frequency of the second wave?

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Impulse by Hinge | An Innovative App

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The distance where the magnetic field of two wires is zero

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How Does Radar Track a Plane's Motion in Different Coordinate Systems?

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Proving limits of electric fields on infinite planes

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Is the Electric Field Calculation Consistent with the Potential Result?

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Pulley problem with 2 masses and an incline

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Chain Hangs Over a Pulley and Starts Moving

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Why is the acceleration not equal to mg sin(theta) in pure rolling motion?

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Rotating Pendulum: Is This Eqn Correct?

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Mutual inductance of a long wire and a triangular loop?

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Deriving an Expression for an Electric Field along the Z axis

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Understanding Induced Charges in an External Field

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Project Motion/Trigonometry Question

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Voltage received by each bulb in a circuit

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Relative velocity of a ball thrown inside a moving truck

  • jisbon
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Inserting a dielectric material between two plates of a capacitor

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Strategy for drawing equipotentials

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How Does the Euler-Lagrange Equation Apply to Parametric Solutions?

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Is the Origin for a Sawhorse at C or -D/2?

  • sjogosk
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How to Derive Time Taken in Projectile Motion?

  • jisbon
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Astrophysics: Calculating the circumference of an ellipse

  • Andy1200
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Radius of disk suspended on its edge

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Changing the Air Temperature with a hair dryer

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Spinning a bucket of water in a vertical circle - Inertia

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Thermal Expansion in Liquids and Steel

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Calculating theta from alpha: Tan(theta)=Cot(alpha)

  • Shivam
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Question Regarding Parallel Plate Capacitor Network

  • jezza10181
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Relative velocity of two gravitationally attracting spheres

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Thermal Expansion (liquid and solid) Question Help

  • kgm01
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Total Particle Energy Flux in Auroral Arcs

  • DaynaClarke
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Physics - Spinning a bucket of water in a vertical circle

  • candypie90
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Thrust of a large ship's propeller accelerating the ship

  • jisbon
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Please define a few atomic/nuclear terms for me? Thank you.

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A string attached to a fixed wall and a mass on a spring

  • Old-Alien
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Electric Field due a charged disk

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Velocity of the center of mass in constrained motion

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Calculate the electric field due to a line of charge of finite length

  • Yalanhar
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Calc Forces on Pulleys: 200N, 300N Masses, No Friction

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Consequences of a fourth neutrino type

  • szcsongor
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How Much Water Can a 1KW Carnot Engine Freeze in 5 Minutes?

  • zilex191
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Joule heating effect - qualitative explanation

  • dwd40physics
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Kinetic coefficient of friction greater than the static coefficient?

  • Manasan3010
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Calculating Momentum and Energy Conservation in Elastic Collisions

  • Shivam
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Two balls of mass 4kg and 2 kg are moving in 1-D, answer the following

  • Shivam
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The motion of 2 objects in contact

  • PhysicS FAN
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Circular motion -- Find the angular velocity at t=3

  • jisbon
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Magnetic poles and field problems

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Calculating Density Using Upthrust and Drag Force in Water

  • jisbon
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Acceleration Graph: Answer 5 Correct?

  • Manasan3010
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Can You Solve This Capacitor Circuit Problem Using Q=CV?

  • EDCJZ
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Finding the Position(s) of Particle Oscillation

  • Ajay N
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Can we find the frequency of a rod pendulum by just using F=ma?

  • Homgkung
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Mechanical advantage of a pulley system

  • EasyPeasy
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Implications of mass energy not being conserved for ##\beta^+## decay

  • JD_PM
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Electric Field from its Potential of a Half Circle along its Z axis

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Trying to get equivalent resistance of a circuit

  • AmirWG
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EMF induced in a rotating rod having mass

  • Physics lover
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Understanding Shearing Stress & Tangential Forces on Fluids

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Faraday's Law - Balloon Problem

  • rofldude188
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Instantaneous versus average velocity?

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Probability of hitting a rotating disc

  • Moara
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Will Two Ships Collide Based on Different Methods?

  • brotherbobby
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Linear momentum or Angular Rotation

  • Manasan3010
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Amount of magnetic energy stored in a cylinder

  • Physics lover
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Capacitor Problem with distance-dependent dieletric

  • rofldude188
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Forces/Dynamics: A block sliding on a plate

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Understanding Velocity Ratios: Derivation and Confusion Explained

  • Manasan3010
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Can someone please explain to me how the Biot Savart law is derived?

  • jdou86
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Magnetic susceptibility and relative permeability

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Circuit analysis: Six resistors and two batteries

  • littlejay21
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Find the Electric Field E using Gauss' Law

  • Nicci
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Forces and vectors: pulling a baby buggy on soft ground

  • Jeff97
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What forces are acting on an object during a bounce?

  • Jeff97
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Newton's Second Law — Net Force problem

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Velocity-Time Graph: Positive & Negative

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Final temperature of an adiabatic process between two reservoirs

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Why can we ignore certain circuit paths?

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How to interpret magnetic field diagrams?

  • Dan13
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Calculate the barbell acceleration while being lifted

  • Jeff97
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Getting less total B-field from two infinitely long parallel wires

  • adamaero
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Finding the Open Circuit Voltage

  • JamesBennettBeta
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Unable to Understand How X2^2 Gets Canceled Out

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Find the time at which the bead will start slipping

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When does the particle fall off the dome

  • ScienceIsMyLady
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Conservation of energy / work problem

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The acceleration of a massless pulley in a double Atwood machine

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What is the Correct Approach for Solving Faraday's Law Problem?

  • Mark Zhu
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Acceleration due to gravity at the centre of a hemisphere

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In a Projectile Motion Question, How to Find Theta?

  • Sebastian_
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What is the rotational acceleration of a falling chimney?

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Rotational inertia - globes connected by a thin rod

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Derivation of the Emptying Time for a buoyant box to drain

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Calculating Safe Velocity: Why Is 4th Option Incorrect?

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