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Tension in string when ball swings to lowest point

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Temperature change in Joule's paddle wheel experiment

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Easy Conservation of Energy (Skiing)

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Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration

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Kinetic Energy problem i think

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Accelertion Due to gravity on a ramp equation

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How to Stop a Rotating Spaceship?

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Earth and Moon (Acceleration of Gravity)

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Sun Shade Projection type of problem

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Finding net force on object with more than one force

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Circular Motion of an automobile

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Conservation of energy of two blocks

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Velocityfield and stream function

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Is the Calculation of the Bird's Average Acceleration Correct?

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What are the forces involved in rolling motion?

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How come when you reverse a diode the current/voltage? is zero?

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Statics forces acting on supports

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Magnitude of the magnetic field produced by a wire

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Power in voltage/current sources, passive sign convention

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Why do covalent bonds form between neutral atoms?

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Problem with proof of elastic energy

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Calculating Force for Moving Railroad Car

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Physics of throwing and rolling dice on a table

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Velocity of Car after Unloading Gravel

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What Is the Minimum Speed of a Dart to Complete a Loop with a Lead Sphere?

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Charged metal sphere suspended by wire repelling another charged sphere

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Calculating the Speed of Exhaust Gas for a Rocket in Deep Space

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Solving Entropy Change of Lake-Ice Cube System

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Coffee filter terminal velocity and fall time with stacked filters

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Calculating Pressure and Volume Increase on Rising from Depth d

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What Direction Should Ship A Steer to Minimize Distance to Ship B?

  • thepopasmurf
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Capacitor energy ratio when connected in parallel vs series

  • Kudo Shinichi
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Color Force gets stronger with distance?

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Force of wire in a magnetic field

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How do I draw phasor diagrams from voltmeter and ammeter readings?

  • rock.freak667
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How do GPS devices determine your position?

  • doc.madani
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Determining magnitudes of forces on a block

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How Do You Rearrange v²=u²+2as to Solve for 's'?

  • Infamous
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Moment of inertia (disk with off center hole)

  • Imperitor
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What Is the Difference Between Friction and Viscosity?

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Torque of a current carrying wire in magnetic field

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Angular momentum and torque of a particle

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RCL circuit containing only a capacitor, inductor, and generator

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Pumped-storage reservoir draining at 305 MW over 6.7 hours

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Conservation of Energy (physics)

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How Much Fuel and Oxidizer is Required for a Rocket to Reach 10,000 m/s?

  • cryptcougar
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What Is the Charge of a Deutrium Atom?

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What is the uncertainty of a 60 Hz ticker timer?

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Calculating Velocity of Fishing Boats in a Lake

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Calculations involving freefall

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The sagging effect and angular speed.

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I must use the wave equation to to find the speed of a wave.

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What Is the Minimum Kinetic Energy Needed for Fusion in Stars?

  • fball558
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Calculate The Surface Temperature of Mercury

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Tension on a rope from jumping tightwalker

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How Can You Calculate Ball Trajectory and Impact Velocity?

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How Do RC Circuits Behave with Capacitors and Resistors?

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Velocity and acceleration with a rock thrown upward and falling skydiver

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Simple Harmonic motion of the following oscillations

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Angle from force applied / Momentum question

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Hair dryer and mixer circuit with 120V battery and resistors

  • shemer77
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How Do You Calculate the Initial Velocity of a Tennis Ball Thrown Upward?

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How Much Force Is Needed to Keep a Beach Ball Underwater?

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Electrical Power - Cost of kW*hr

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How Do You Calculate Spring Constant and Package Weight?

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Angular separation of 1st order red and violet in diffraction

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How Does Time Relate to Distance in Gravity Experiments?

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How Does an Airplane's Climb Affect Package Drop Distance?

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How to Determine the Block's Position After Applying Force to a Spring?

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What is the Orbital Speed of a Satellite in a Circular Orbit?

  • Whotto
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How Do You Identify Forces Acting on an Object?

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How High Does the Daredevil Reach?

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Calculating Buoyant Force for a Submerged Beach Ball

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Torque on a dipole in an electric field

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Kinematics in Two Deminsions, Projectile Motion

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How Do You Calculate Forces in a Truss Without Given Angles?

  • ZaZu
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Finding the unknown force in a moment equilibrium problem

  • ZaZu
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Geometric Optics: Snell's Law calculation problem

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Power required to generate waves

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Angular Acceleration of Rod w/ Pivoted Weight

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Angular Velocity of a pivoting rod

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Centripetal Acceleration of Stone Problem

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How Do Resistors in Series and Parallel Affect Circuit Behavior?

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Connecting Electric Potential and Thermal Energy

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Current induced in loop - treat like a solenoid?

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What Is the Launch Speed for a Projectile to Clear a 15m Barrier?

  • kcalhoun
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Projectile Motion Kenimatics in Two Deminisions?

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Relating friction with acceleration

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Finding Velocity via Convervation of Energy

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Finding orbital speed and period for astronauts around the moon

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Acceleration vs mass graph shape?

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Horizontal force to move two stacked trunks at constant velocity

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What is the net charge of the ball?

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What Is Neptune's Scaled Radius in a Scaled Solar System?

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