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Electrostatic potential and electric fields

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How to find vertical comp. of velcocity?

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Electromagnetic waves Conceptual help please

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What is the Average Speed of a Boat Across a Lake?

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How Much Kinetic Energy is Lost in a Bullet-Block Collision?

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How Is Force Calculated Between Charged Parallel Plates?

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Why Am I Getting the Wrong Electric Field Intensity Calculation?

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Direction of the force on the ramp due to the sliding block

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I'm having trouble visualizing the orientation of the equipotential surfaces.

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Gm1m2 / d2 = kq1q2 / d2What is the value of Q to maintain the present orbit?

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Solving Force and Rest with a Skater on Ice

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How Much Charge Is Needed to Levitate a Car Using Static Electricity?

  • toasted
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Basic Electricity (what i should know but don't)

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Basic electricity & incandescent bulb numericals

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Kinetics Question (spent over 7 hours on this)

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How Long Does It Take for Speed to Halve with Non-Constant Acceleration?

  • miggitymark
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Need help on some conceptual physics problems

  • score2go
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Finding hight of an inclined palne with its lengh and a force

  • RockenNS42
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Understanding Velocity and Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion

  • physicsman7
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Volume over Number of Particles.

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Finding the Optimal Mass for a Pressure Cooker Cover

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Understanding 1/cos(x) with x=pi/4: Simplifying to Root 2

  • intenzxboi
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Magnitude of acceleration of a stationary mass

  • peaceandlove
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Mutiply Vectors: Find ?i + ?j + ?k

  • queenspublic
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Maximum and Minimum Forces for Elevator Design

  • Hotsuma
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Verifying gravity from our lab.

  • agnosticjoe
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How to Calculate the Height of a Falling Object Using Basic Physics Equations?

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Calculating Motor Mass for Desired Torque

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Solving for Unknown Vectors in Vector Addition Equations

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Time at which a projectile reaches a certain height

  • enantiomer1
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What is the result of combining vectors A and B?

  • queenspublic
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A Square Loop of Wire falling through a Magnetic Field

  • TFM
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Vectors in unit-vector notation

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Terminal velocity for big objects

  • cleverfield
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Significant Digits: Estimating Next Digit

  • redwing1
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Derivation of equation for sliding object

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Electric Field/Gauss' law of cylinder and shell

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Distance between two points of differing phase

  • AdamNailor
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2 questions: dimensions and watts

  • redwing1
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Accelerations of Boxes on a Horizontal Surface

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Dynamics - Rock in tire tread *please check answer*

  • bodaciousllam
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Electric field of half a spherical shell

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Adiabatic Processes for an Ideal Gas

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Find Extra Force & Power to Keep Conveyor Belt Moving

  • ritwik06
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What is the speed with kinetic energy

  • kadavis2010
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Find Total Force & Direction on Sliding Block | Inclined Plane Help

  • collegegirl13
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How Much Water is in a Cumulus Cloud?

  • dhago07
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Satelilite in orbite about arctic circle

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Falling object - relating distance interval to time interval

  • jemerlia
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Standing waves and length of tube

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Fnet=ma 2008 #14: Kinetic Energy Increase with Angular Velocity

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Calculating Distance from Mirror for Virtual Image Height of 1.145 cm

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Argh - De Broglie and the wave equation

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Spring Compression in Accelerating Elevator

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Relative Motion - River/Boat problem

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How Strong is the Force Between Two Positive Charges?

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Incline, two boxes, determine acceleration

  • cleverfield
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Calculating Water in a Cumulus Cloud: Volume, Pop Bottles, and Mass

  • dhago07
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How Is Momentum Conserved in Different Collision Scenarios?

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Tangential Speed of Passenger on 10m Radius Ferris Wheel

  • gigglin_horse
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One Dimensional Kinematics: Force

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Normal Force Exerted: Min. Req'd for 63kg Climber

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Waves and Sounds - speed of a bat

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What Speed Keeps the Cylinder Stationary in the Puck-Cylinder System?

  • raptik
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New to forum and having major problems with couple problems

  • ssman
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What is potential difference uniform electric field

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Dropped Tennis Ball Homework: Speed & Force Calculation

  • mrnastytime
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Finding gravity on a star/planet

  • gigglin_horse
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Find the friction force impeding its motion

  • 312213
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Solve Rain Drop VTerminal Homework: Find Drag Force & Time

  • cleverfield
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Electron between charged plates

  • Melawrghk
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Electric field on a point charge

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What Does \(\frac{d\vec{x}}{dt}\) Represent in Vector Calculus?

  • Jordash
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Calculate Centrifugal Force to Simulate Earth's Gravity

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What Speed Would the Arrow Leave the Bow if Force Were Doubled?

  • Amber430
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Work required for truck up a hill problem

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Integrating dP/dr over the Sun

  • CaptainEvil
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What Is the Minimum Volume of Ice Needed to Support a Person on a Lake?

  • LunarJK
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Rotational motion and center of a car

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How Does Tension Vary Along a Heavy Rope with Applied Force?

  • spacecadette
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Physics Problems ? (particle acceleration)

  • JJ91284
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What is magnetism, diamagnetism and paramagnetism?

  • Stalkerfishy
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Radar/EM Wave Queries (reflection and scattering) [HELP]

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Concave mirror positioning help

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Now it remains to be shown that A = B. I'll leave that to you.

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Does Light Focus When Passing Through Converging and Diverging Lenses?

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Elimination on velocities and angles

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Longitudinal Waves: Compression or Rarefaction at Displacement 0?

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Is superimposing three velocities possible?

  • Nitric
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How to Calculate Electric Flux Through a Tilted Box?

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Projectile Motion question. Help.

  • vivekfan
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Explanation for the discrepancy in points for part A and B.

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Normal Force between accelerating blocks

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Solving a Two-Dog Pulling Problem: Magnitude & Angle of Resultant Force

  • spacecadette
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Solving Parabolic Problem from Giancoli Physics 6th Edition Ch. 3

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