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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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Why doesn't the car skid at 4th option if safe velocity is 20 m/s?

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Relation between mass distribution and angular velocity

  • songoku
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When to use Momentum vs When to use K.E.

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Coefficient of static friction and banking of roads

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Applying Kirchhoff's rules to a magnetic circuit

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Why is my answer for the rotating wedge problem not matching?

  • Prabs3257
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Calculating Centripetal Acceleration of a Locomotive's Crank Pin

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Laws of motion and a projectile thrown from an accelerating elevator car

  • Prabs3257
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Would a longer lever require less force to hand pump water? (PHOTO)

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Gravity due a hemispherical planet

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Direction of a rope with a ball inside an accelerating box

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How Does Expansion Affect Internal Energy in a Monatomic Ideal Gas?

  • Dan13
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Calculate the acceleration as the tractor slows down

  • Jeff97
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Can energy be negative or can just a change in energy be negative?

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Find v(x) of a mass suspended from a spring

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How do pulleys work?

  • markyyyyyy
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How to solve this sound problem (minimum sampling rate required)

  • Physicsfan2379
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Converting finite square well differential equation to sine and cosine form

  • Irishdoug
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Confirming eigenfunctions of the Schrödinger equation

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A small mass on a wedge having a stationary circular track

  • Kaushik
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Electron helix in a magnetic field

  • Basil Fawlty
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Inelastic collision problem: Bullet striking a wood block

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Pressure and Volume of a Neutral Hydrogen Cloud

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Fourier transformation of the Wavefunction in QM

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Dynamics: A wedge, a mass, and two pulleys

  • A185
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Finding net gravitational force from two masses

  • Jaccobtw
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Electric field due to two positive charges

  • sebah
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By using Gauss' law, can the electric field be p/(pi*ε*r^2)

  • adamaero
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Confusion regarding Quantum numbers

  • subhradeep mahata
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Direction of the net force acting on a pendulum

  • songoku
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Friction of Water Pumped Into 6in Tube from Chamber

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Elastic potential energy and natural length of a spring- relation?

  • Stormzy67
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Why friction forces can be equal while friction coefficients differ

  • Matt Raj
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Master and Slave Cylinder at different heights

  • nmsurobert
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How to find the number of oscillations a block goes through

  • kileigh
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Calculating Uncertainty: Where Am I Going Wrong?

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Electrons moving in an electric field

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Newton's Laws — Pushing a box horizontally on a surface

  • adams_695
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Balancing forces on charged balls hanging on strings

  • orbital_laser
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How do I calculate the fluence of a Gaussian Laser Beam?

  • Kanneman5413
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Sum of torques, equilibrium problem

  • Jaccobtw
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Finding acceleration of block B using Newton's second law

  • adams_695
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Determination of the velocity of a particle in a hollow cone

  • gnits
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Equation of motion of a mass on a 2d curve

  • Jenny Physics
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Normal reactions at the bases of two light supports

  • brotherbobby
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A question of kinematics involving a changing velocity vector

  • Adesh
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Expanding a function for large E using the Taylor Expansion technique

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Solving a system of three equations with three unknowns

  • kaydis
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Finding the coefficient of kinetic friction - problem with a mass on a plane

  • hollym123
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Separation of variables: Context of decelerating charged particle

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Finding speed of sound using dimensional analysis

  • kaydis
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Deriving linear magnification from refraction angles

  • Baal Hadad
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Does the block move along the pink dotted lines

  • Kaushik
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Universal Gravitation - calculating orbital period of satellite

  • EEristavi
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Where Is the Center of Mass of a Leg?

  • epuen23
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Free fall time in an accelerating frame of reference

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Electric field on a ring's axis

  • ranger281
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Very simple vector question (solid state)

  • Phys128
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Velocity Question for a Car Accelerating Down a Road

  • asdek
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Seemingly simple Physics 2 wave question (third harmonic frequency)

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Why is the nuclear radius cubed in the density formula?

  • nmsurobert
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Does wavelength change when EM waves reflect at an angle?

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Ratio of total refelected intensity compared to incident intensity

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Finding Vector C: Magnitude and Angle Calculation

  • Koko23
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De Broglie wavelength in terms of accelerated potential difference

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Calculation of minimum angular velocity of a mass on a spinning plate

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Relativistic charged particle in a constant, uniform EM field

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Particle tunneling through potential barrier with three regions

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Plotting cosine vs temperature with large angle uncertainties

  • Physicist_2
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Deriving Lorentz Transformations for Moving Reference Frames

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Airtime for halfpipe skateboarder

  • ec-physics
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What does "Fully Charged Capacitor" mean?

  • Kosta1234
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The ratio of compression of springs from three different setups

  • Kaushik
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Can a 10N Force Overcome Friction to Move a 10kg Block?

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Impossible Relative Velocity Values

  • Manasan3010
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What is the final angular velocity of each cylinder

  • samm12345
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Determine the capacitor value so that this circuit is in resonance

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Determine the acceleration of block m1 in this wedge-pulley system

  • Kaushik
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Spring is stretched, then attached to a mass, what is its speed at x?

  • spsch
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How does convex lens focal length affect water temperature in sunlight?

  • fernelau
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Terminal Speed of Vessel in Vacuum and Weightlessness

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Force on a copper loop entering into a magnetic Field B with speed v

  • spsch
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Block sliding down incline: deriving time equation

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Why include reaction forces in equilibrium calculations

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Particle in a magnetic field -- question

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How to show the root mean square deviation

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Induced EMF in copper plate oscillating in magnetic field

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What is the kinetic energy of the block when it is moved 2cm.

  • Shivam
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Is my formulae correct for time of flight in this projectile problem?

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Why is My Relativity Light Clock Calculation Incorrect?

  • PASta95
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Conservation of Momentum Question Involving Two-Dimensions

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What is the proper formula for ##Y_{max}## for this trajectory?

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Proving the formula for a random walk

  • arcTomato
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Vertical circular motion with accelerating centre

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Proving a random walk problem with unequal steps

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Stationary Point - Possible Values

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