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What is the Resultant Force When Sitting and Other Physics Queries?

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Young's modulus from steel wire load and extension data

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Centripetal and Tangential Acceleration of drill bit

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Two blocks colliding at different relative speeds before and after

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Formula for the velocity of the centripetal force

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Looking at diffraction gratings .

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Boat coasting, seagull dropping shell, police car pursuit kinematics

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Circuit: current value in generator

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Conceptual Doppler Effect question

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Angular frequency, phase velocity, and period

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Doppler Effect ambulance speed Question

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Solving for p: Finding Distance from Convex Lens

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What is the drift speed of Na+ ions while the current flows?

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Relationship between Temperature and Resistance in a Series Circuit

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Find the force on the cable, beam, and pole

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Finding potential difference to accelerate the ion

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Discharging a capacitor through a resistor

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Newton's Laws Practice Problem: Finding Force on Book During Braking

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Newton III problem involving two objects in space

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How to analyze series-parallel combination circuits

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Motorcycle Rotational problems

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Electrostatics - Compute the electric charge

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Solving Physics Homework: Throwing a Stone - 15yo Student, Aus

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Rotational motion and angular displacement

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Dielectrics influence on series/parallel

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Is Weight the Same as Force in Physics?

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How Does Newton's Second Law Apply on an Inclined Plane?

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Conservation of Angular Momentum and Uniform Rod

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Electric field inside hollow dielectric field

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Torque on a charged particle moving in a circle in a uniform B field

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Complex apparent and real depth problemm

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Potential difference between sphere and shell with added charge

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Rolling Pebbles & Wheels: Analyzing Motion

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What is the width of a wall seen from an opposing mirror?

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How Long Did the Runner Accelerate to Finish the 1500m Race on Time?

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Simple Harmonic Motion - oscillation b/w 2 stretched springs

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Mass falling on a vertical spring

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Finding image position from concave mirror with 1.4 m radius

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Finding Tbeat for 2 waves of periods T1 and T2 using oscilloscope

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Angular acceleration of a cylinder with four applied forces

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Specific Heat Capacity? Calorimeter

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Finding induced emf of solenoid

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Magnetic field surrounding a long, straight wire.

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Finding mass per unit length of a string

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How Long Until a Pulsar Stops Rotating?

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Electric field density at the surface of a current carring wire

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Kinetic Friction with an upward shove

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Collisions and the Speed of Two Pucks

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Apparent Frequency (Doppler) Problem

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Flux through a loop of wire in a magnetic field.

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Sun-Earth System given center of mass

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How Do You Calculate Wave Properties and Tension in a String?

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Nichrome Resistor and Copper wire

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Potential Energy for magnetic dipole

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Calculating the Mass of a 500N Barbell Lifted 2.2m from the Floor

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How Does Pressure Affect Seawater Volume and Density in the Mariana Trench?

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Potential difference between two points in uniform electric field

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What mass would be required to overcome static friction?

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Free body diagram for three strings in equilibrium

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How tall is the shadow of cardboard in front of a point light source?

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What Determines the Position of Antinodes in Standing Waves?

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Momentum conservation question (answer provided)

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Calculating Weight on an Incline

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Calculating Potential Difference for Capacitor Heating of Water

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How far a block travels after sliding down a ramp

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What is the velocity of the thrown ball?

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Accelerating Proton: Calculating Speed and Kinetic Energy

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Linear momentum and relative velocity

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Thermodynamics Entropy question

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Has the Ball Passed Its Highest Point Based on Velocity Vector?

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How Do Forces and Torque Balance in a Ladder Problem with a Firefighter?

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U-tube Mercury: Pressure and Height Calculations with Pumped Right Side

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Physics Extended Essay Topic Question

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Guass's law nonconducting plates

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Motion problem - Shock drop ride

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Find Trip Time and Min Distance in a Pendulum Motion

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Kinetic energy (Force and d(x))

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What is the acceleration of a mass on a moving wedge?

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What is the Approximate Torque on a Baseball Bat Held Horizontally?

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How Do These Equations Model Projectile Motion?

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Radial component of linear acceleration

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Newton's 3rd law and its affect

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Circuits and resistors and batteries, oh my (a.k.a. I know nothing)

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Electric Charges: Calculating Charge q for Ink Drops

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Pulley/Rotational Torque Problem

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What Is the Net Torque on a Uniform Beam?

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Calculating Minimum Horsepower for Moving a Mass at a Given Speed

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What is the coefficient of kinetic friction for a wood block on a spring?

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