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Regarding Fluids and hydrostatic force ratios

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Solving River Flow Velocity: A Motorboat Problem

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How far will an object travel on a flat surface

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Newtons Laws with mouse and elephant

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Finding the Angle Between Two Vectors A & B

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Gravitational potential and kinetic energy

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Capacitance: Equivalent C of a Network

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Radius of coil in magnetic field

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Physics Friction Homework: Normal Force on 80kg Object

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How Does Rolling Affect the Speed and Time of a Sphere Down an Incline?

  • physics_geek
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Circular Motion: Find Tension at Top of 1.11kg Disc

  • electricheart
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Keplers Third Law: Showing T^2 ∝ R^3

  • skiing4free
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Fundamental frequency of a guitar string

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What is the Temperature Increase of Cars Colliding at 80 km/hr?

  • Flip18064
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Solving for Time Elapsed in an RC Circuit

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Gravitational Potential Energy child swing Problem

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Amusement Park Ride - Angular Speed

  • FAJISTE
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Truck cylinder, ideal gas law problem

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Nudging an Asteroid. Conservation of Momentum

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Another Electric Potential Problem

  • Brit412
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Potentia Difference and Electric Potential

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Solve Armadillo Problem: Initial & Final Speed, Height

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Average crush force exerted on a car

  • Mathbather
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Charge on 6.4 µF Capacitor | 47.0 V Emf Source

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Definition of Momentum & How to Find it

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What is the Moment of Inertia of a Pulley with Connected Masses?

  • wesDOT
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Calculating Work Done on a Spring with Given Stiffness and Length Changes

  • karobins
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Current distribution diagram confusion

  • Joan
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Magnetic Forces on Charged Particles

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Find the change in electric potential

  • Brit412
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Electric Potential, Linear charge with a loop

  • Bad-Wolf
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Projectile Motion Help: Solving Two Problems with Specific Numbers

  • ArthurYan
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Solving Gravitational Force to Exceed Earth Pull on Spaceship

  • aal0315
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Work Done: Which Initial Velocity is Most Effective?

  • vivekfan
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Solving for Slowest Speed of a Ball: 2.25m Radius

  • liz777
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Tom Throws a Ball: Horizontal & Vertical Velocity

  • littledude565
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Finding amplitude of oscillator

  • natasgan
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A square with charges and an electric field

  • Melawrghk
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Homework help w/ youngs slit problems

  • Verik
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Two cars collide, find temperature change

  • Flip18064
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Cascaded low pass filters problem

  • Stef42
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Solving Limits on Homework: Stuck on x's Range

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Ridiculus position-time graph extrapolation

  • ChrisEffinSmi
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Conservaion of Angular Momentum and Center of Mass

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What would the tension in the cable be?

  • fusionxtc
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What is the acceleration of a 7.00 kg sphere in seawater at a depth of 1.20 km?

  • kurosaki_ichi
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Need help correcting some problems

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Electric Field with three charges

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How long is the image of the meter stick?

  • rayhan619
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Solving Mechanics Question: Find Norm of F

  • Ed Aboud
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Pendulum and Simple Harmonic Motion Problems

  • think4432
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Simple Harmonic Motion & Pendulum Problems Need HELP

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Why does a proton slow down as it movies into higher potential?

  • jumbogala
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How Does Spring Compression Affect Sled Velocity at a Waterpark?

  • Aiko
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Energy and Simple Harmonic Motion of block

  • Pius
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Distance of a satellite from earth

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Electric Field and Potential on a Line with Opposite Charges

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Point charges hanging on a string

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Convex mirrors - Sign convention trouble

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RC Circuit and finding Maximum Voltage

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Thermodynamic pressure/temperature question

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Forces and Newton-Identifying Acceleration

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Entropy for reversible and irreversible cycles.

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How far above the water is the top surface of the cube?

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How to Calculate Foam Volume for Buoyancy Support of Cargo Block

  • ACE_99
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Conceptual question regarding net force and velocity

  • physics120
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What is the Initial Speed of a Basketball Thrown to a Hoop?

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How Much Potential Energy Is Lost to Friction on an Incline?

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Read the manuel that came with your meter.

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Electric Circuit and Internal Resistance Lab

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How Do You Calculate Current in a Complex Circuit Using Kirchhoff's Rules?

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Long Jump Question - Net forces

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Extra Que for Interest: Voltage and Wire Resistance

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Calculating Net Charge on a Spherical Conducting Shell

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Energy Loss & Height of Thrown Ball & Marble Fired from Cannon

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Slingshot, need Position/time, acceleration and velocity formulas

  • anto3232
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How Long Does It Take a Plane to Circle Once at 110 m/s?

  • golriz
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Finding the upward force acting on an object

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Uncertainty principle and hydrogen atom electron

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What Is the Speed of a Mass Displaced from Equilibrium on a Spring?

  • nlkush
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Calculating the Initial Speed of an Arrow Shot Horizontally

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Energy of Motion: 2.4kg-mass w/ 7.0cm amp & 5.0Hz freq

  • nlkush
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Uses of various components in electrical systems

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Density of Earth's Mantle w/o knowing radius

  • Serik
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Rearranging Kinematic Equations. Help.

  • KayAr
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Solving Friction & Tension Homework Problem

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Calculating Impact Speed of 4.00kg Cannon Ball Dropped from 55.0m

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Relationship between heat and resistivity of a wire

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What is the Wavelength of a Tuning Fork with 1000Hz Frequency?

  • HelgaMan
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Calculate Capacitor for 2 KHz Series-Tuned LC Circuit

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Magnitude of electric field by a curved rod.

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Charge on Capacitor: Where Does the Extra Go?

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Spring compression and escape speed

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Explosion of one mass into three

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Simple Special relativity question

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