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Heat transfer when mercury is cooled in liquid nitrogen

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What Percent of Final Charge Does a Capacitor Reach After 4.5 Time Constants?

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Force on hatch in vessel with LAB liquid at 12 m depth

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Where Should a 30nC Charge Be Placed to Nullify Electric Field at the Origin?

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Which better predicts Horsepower- weight or speed

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Resulting Velocity of Astronaut/Equipment: 1,960N in 2s

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Pressure, volume, and temperature

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Path length difference for interfering sound waves from two sources

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Plane airspeed 620 km/hr with 20° heading correction

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Projectile motion, long jump, centripetal force and friction

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Acceleration of a Truck Hit by a Water Stream

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How fast did the rock strike the ground?

  • Makaroon
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Calculating Objective Lens Focal Length for Compound Microscope

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Work to compress spring between 1 kg and 3 kg masses

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Sketch a graph of the number of candies for a few hours

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Finding average acceleration over an time interal

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Wheel spinning at 14 rad/s stops in 5s—finding rotation distance

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Solving a Physics Quiz: Calculate the Temperature Rise

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How Do Engine Power, Aerodynamics, and Weight Impact Dragster Acceleration?

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How Long Until the Rocket Returns to the Ground?

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Velocity, time, acceleration etc

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Train-hill hp to pull, problem

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When Does Static Friction Act in the Direction of Motion?

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Probablities from wave function

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Thermodynamics resistance proof

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Tug of war Force Conceptual Problems

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How Long Will Snow Last with Limited Solar Heat?

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Simple harmonic motion block and spring

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Four Charges In a square (Electric Fields)

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Energy question - How much will this rope swinger rise

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Time to Reach the Origin in Central Force Attraction

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Magnitude of acceleration of a block of mass

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How High Must Charged Particles Be for Radio Wave Interference?

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How can I improve my understanding of kinematics and force in physics?

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Calculating Work Required to Move Charge -0.51x10^-12 C

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Statics: two unknown angles and resultant force

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Woman jumping off raft: finding velocity relative to water

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Maximum height of launched ball

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Determining magnitude of forces on metal balls

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How Fast Do Raindrops Travel Without Air Resistance?

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Potential Difference Near a Charged Rod

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Solving for Distance of Closest Approach for Moving Protons

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Calculate the conductivity σ of the material of which this wire is made

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Separating ions. Acceleration problem

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Tangential and Radial Acceleration problem

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Electric field and potential at center of square with mixed charges

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Position Vectors, Velocity Vectors, and Acceleration Vectors

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What Is the Electric Field Strength in a Geiger Counter?

  • Kudo Shinichi
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E-Potiential between 2 charges

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How Is Energy Calculated in a Charged Capacitor?

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Position vector and magnitude problem

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Solve Circuit Problem: 2 Ways to Wire 450 Ohm Resistors for 300 Ohms

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How Can I Improve My Approach to Solving 2D Motion Problems?

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Deceleration and reaction time physics problem

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Writing down algebraic expression

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Calculating weight using a Seesaw=

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Net electric flux through spheres with two point charges

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Finding the Maximum Angular Frequency for Blocks on a Turntable

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How Can You Derive the Rate of Rotation for a Pendulum at Sea Level?

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How Do Mass and Force Affect Acceleration?

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What is the value of its x-component?

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How many phtons are emitted by green light?

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Moments - Principle of moments question

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Finding Acceleration Given Distance and Final Speed

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(Not so) Simple Harmonic Motion Problem

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Find Speed of car based on stopping distance and decceleration.

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Calculating Entropy Change in a Water Mixing Experiment

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What is the Electrostatic Potential Energy of a Charged Spherical Conductor?

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Solve Thermodynamics Help: Refrigerator Cost/Month

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Motion Diagrams: Identifying True and False Statements

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Do two identical loads draw more current in parallel or in series?

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Why Do We Add Mc and Mf in Calculating Resultant Couples?

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How Do You Calculate the Net Electrostatic Force on a Central Charge?

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Deriving Specific Heat Equations

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Solving Dimension Analysis Homework: Q1 & Q2

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E-Potiential Difference in Uniform Field

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Line Integral + Potential Difference Problem Need

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Calculating Forces and Magnitude for a 2.50 kg Block on a Frictionless Table

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Finding Neutral Points in a Charged System

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Problem acceleration force vs. gravity

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What is the Pressure of Falling Sand on a Sticky Surface?

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Electric Potential Difference Question (Parallel plates, higher potential)

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Nonconservative vs conservative force

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Kinetic friction on incline/flat surface system

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Physics Discussion Question On My Roller Coaster Lab (Energy-Related)?

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Friction and Acceleration: Solving for the Motion of a Moving Sculpture

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Finding electric field magnitude, electron acceleration, and zero field point

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Period of a pendulum making 30 oscillations in 75 seconds

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Free Falling Objects: Find Time for Mailbag to Reach Ground

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How Many Neon Molecules Have Velocities Between 100 and 200 m/s?

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How Does a Car's Oscillation Amplitude Change on a Washboard Road?

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