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What Is the Maximum Speed of the Oscillator?

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How Does Torque Affect Tensions in an Atwood's Machine with a Massive Pulley?

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How Far Will the Sled Travel from the Cliff?

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How Do I Balance Forces and Torques in Static Equilibrium Problems?

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Approximate Maximum Deflection Of Beam

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Calculating Torque for Helicopter Blade Rotation

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Orbitting electron moved to Magnetic Field

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Conservation of energy of a toboggan problem

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Mass Spectrometer: Separating Ions & Calculating Energy

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Gravitation and the Principle of Superposition

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Proving that this equation goes through the points

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Momentom question. But Hard one:O

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Change in gravitational potential energy of four particles in a square

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Torque in wheelbarrow, bicycle gears, and steel girder

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Mechanics 3 - Further kinematics

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Rotational speed of minute and second hands on a clock

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Harmonic Oscillation: Proving Distance = 4A

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Minimum Angular Speed to start SLIPPING BEFORE ROLLING WITHOUT SLIPPING

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When Should You Launch Your Rocket to Mars?

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Masses of Binary Stars: Calculate from Motion

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What Went Wrong in Solving the Energy Equation Problem?

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Circular motion problem (A2 level)

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Why Can't the Power Rule Be Used for the Derivative of Velocity Squared?

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Two bodies with equal momenta on frictionless incline

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Total energy of bead on parabolic wire with elastic attachment

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Conceptual conservative problem

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Solving √((x+2)/(x-2))=1/2 for x

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Time Harmonic Maxwell's Equations

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Thermodynamics, two engine device

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Is a warren truss with 20 joints statically determinate on two supports?

  • mathsgeek
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Calculating force required to keep pendulum in motion

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Current produced by a single charge moving in a circlular motion

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Static equilibrium - quarry crane

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Fletcher's apparatus: mass vs acceleration slope in Newton's Second Law

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Hanging mass from angled strut with cable support

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How Does Pressure Affect the Buoyancy of a Hollow Spherical Bobber?

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Electric field across a parallel plate capacitor

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Solving Kirchoff's Rules - Circuit Analysis Practice

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Maximum Acceleration for Flatbed Truck with Jet-Powered Crate

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Understanding Area Moment of Inertia for Shaft Design

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Maxium Allowable Current to (+/-) 2% ?

  • Melqarthos
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An interesting problem in electrostatics.

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How to calculate the magnetic induction of ferromagnet

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Problem about binary star system

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Protons delivered per second in a proton beam

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How Does Magnetic Force Affect a Wire in a Field?

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Find t: Solving a Physics Problem with y = 0

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Basic problem regarding doppler effect of light (E/M waves)

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Angular momentum of a particle system

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Find the change in focal length

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When finding Angular Acceleration

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Understanding Angular Momentum: A Brief Explanation of Vector Cross Products

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Calculating Speed of Camaro in Escort-Camaro Collision

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Acceleration (with and without friction)

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Physics equation for sound production in drums

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Solving Quick Momentum Problems: Equal Force and Stopping Time Comparison

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Trigonometry Practice: Solving for Force with Angles and Vectors

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Ball tied to string- centripetal force

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Power Dissipation in Resistors: P31.52

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Calculating wind speed with respect to an airplane

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How Does Kinetic Friction Affect the Block's Motion on an Incline?

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How Does Newton's Cradle Demonstrate Conservation Laws in Physics?

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Building the Fastest CO2 Car for School Project

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How Do You Calculate Charge and Electrons for a Hair Dryer Drawing 9.7 A?

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Solve Transient Analysis Problem: Find I0

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A Level Coursework - Resistivity

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Historical context for resistivity of wire coursework

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Proton moving in magnetic field

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What Is the Maximum Speed to Navigate a Banked Curve Without Sliding?

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How Long for Potential Difference to Reach 50 Volts in an Oscilloscope?

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Basic Physics Problem: Acceleration and Tension of Connected Blocks"

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Calculating Distance for Horizontal and Vertical Movements

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TOUGH Static Equilibrium Question

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Heavily Damped Simple Harmonic System - How To Start?

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Determine the horizontal distance travelled during its motion

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a mass hanger

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Strength of magnetic field at a point

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What is the Maximum Speed of a Porsche 944 Turbo at Full Power?

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Diffraction grating and wavelengths

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How Are Capacitance and Inductance Inversely Related in Electromagnetism?

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Solving Doublet Slit Problem: Find Wavelength of Laser 2

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Are the resistors in circuit A in series or parallel?

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What Minimum Height Ensures a Marble Stays on a Loop-the-Loop Track?

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What was the electron's initial speed?

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Distance between parallel planes?

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Calculating Force on a Bouncing Ball

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Exploding Spaceship: Calculating Velocity and Energy

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Torque needed to accelerate a merry-go-round with children

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What is the electric field strength?

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Roller Coaster-Gravitational potential

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Calculate Unknown Resistance in Parallel Circuit

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Electromegnetic induction unerstanding changing flux

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Center of mass of a human leg model

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What is the magnitude of the frictional force?

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Can a diverging lens form a real, erect image larger than the object?

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