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VHF antenna experiment: polarization and field strength at 144 MHz

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Determining coefficients of friction of paper

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Why Are Carnot Engines Not Built in Real Life?

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Entropy of Ice-Water: Solving the Puzzle

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Average force in totally inelastic collision

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Average Velocity between time to time

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Solve Mechanics Problem: Man in Ditch, Force on Man at Depth h

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Vector Problem - Angle between two vectors

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Easy problem, but no idea how to solve it?

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Thermal Equilibrium: Calculating Pressure of Helium Gas in 3.11L Container

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How deep is the lake? velocity physics

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Calculating Electric Field Strength in a Thunderstorm

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Bullet and Block Circular Problem

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Finding the position of an electric field.

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Stars and electromagnetic waves/radiation

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Projectile motion at top of cliff with angle

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Finding uncertainty in cookie volume and diameter-to-thickness ratio

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How Do You Calculate the Weight of Signal C in a Suspended Cable System?

  • jonnyboy
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The cross product and dot product of vectors

  • Xiience
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Which swings faster: weight at the end or near the base of a pendulum?

  • Engelwood
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Oscillator with equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

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Is the Answer in Meters per Second or Millimeters per Second?

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What Is the Correct Magnitude of F2?

  • g.uricchio
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Calculating Battery Internal Resistance: V=IR Method

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Moving car hits a stationary car

  • physicsman2
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Physics kinematics question (constant acceleration)

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Is the Electric Field Calculation for a Rectangle of Charges Correct?

  • itryphysics
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The Doppler Effect and Simple Harmonic Motion question

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What are the pressure and volume components of enthalpy?

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Displacement of Thrown Ball: Solve in 15min

  • Derby4Life
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Finding ring positions and heights for ball trajectory at 55 degrees

  • username111
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Solving Algebraically for T2: Q Lost = Q Gained

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Finding current through resistor branch in two-switch circuit

  • livewire1717
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Finding the Net Force Exerted by Water (of certain depth) on A Dam

  • Beginner@Phys
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Finding tension in the fourth strand of a spider web

  • phy_
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Fluid Dynamics: Using Bernoulli's equation and Volume Flow Rate

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Bullet penetrating a wooden block: acceleration, force, time, impulse

  • acsin92
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Finding charges on an equilibrium position

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Does Electric Field Depend Solely on Internal Charges?

  • musicfairy
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Where Is the Net Electric Field Zero Between Two Fixed Charges?

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Rolling wheel without slipping: is v = rω when it stops spinning?

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Where is the electric field zero between two negative charges on the y-axis?

  • itryphysics
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Diver leaving a 3.05 m board with 8.51 m/s at water impact

  • DeltaIceman
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Free Body Diagram: True or False?

  • FAJISTE
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What are the dimensiosn of tank in meters

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Adding capacitance to an impedance

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Pressure inside a tank of heavy water

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Calculating final speed using momentum

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Electric field and electric force

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Where the electric field is zero

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What is the Electric Field at Point P in the Presence of Two Charges?

  • JJones_86
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Understanding Planetary Motion: Correcting a Common Misconception

  • mormreed
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Do Nodes in Open Tubes and Anti Nodes in Strings Denote Harmonics?

  • kyleul
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How to Calculate Flux Density at a Point Using a 3-A Current?

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Electron Motion Near Nucleus: Calculating Period and Velocity

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Can a Car Safely Turn on a 40-Degree Banked Road at 30 m/s?

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Calculating Electric Potential at Sphere and Shell

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Calculating Distance fluid will travel in small tube with Piston on other side

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How Does Heat Addition Change the Temperature of an Ideal Gas?

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Net force exerted on the two-particle system

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Simple harmonic motion of sliding dinner plate

  • jimbo71
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Motion of a system of particles

  • physics_geek
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Energy stored in a capacitor graph

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Calculating Electric Field at (2.00,0)

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Copper and iron wire resistivity problems

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Finding the height of a building

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Pressure in a two-layer reservoir with water and sludge

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Diffraction Grating: Finding Wavelength with Given Angle and Slit Density

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Ap answer? for gravity question

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Nearest Distance between 2 boats

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How Do You Calculate Cable Tension for Static Equilibrium?

  • chrozer
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Finding the angle of a vector from its components

  • Bottomsouth
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What is the Correct Theta Angle for Vector Degrees Problem?

  • Bottomsouth
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Finding final net charge after electrons are transferred to an object

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How Much Force Is Exerted on a Bullet When Fired from a Gun?

  • bob24
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Motion in One Dimension - Finding two separate changes in time

  • jaredm2012
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Electric Force Calc: 4µC, -3µC, 4µC at 10cm, 4cm,-2cm

  • redhot209
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Height of a rocket at a certain time

  • moy13
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Finding vector components and magnitude from sum of two vectors

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Two wavelengths, find time between successive beats

  • phys62
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Predicting bulb brightness in parallel and series circuits

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Uniform electric field in a triangular arrangement

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Charge flow of grounded sphere?

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Impulse required to accelerate a proton from 0.995c to 0.998c

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Calculating effects of air resistance on a falling mass

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Finding propeller thrust for helicopter lifting off at 10 ft/s²

  • bob24
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Doppler effect measure speed in blood cells

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Free-fall acceleration and escape speed on Uranus

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Calculating e/m Ratio: A Puzzling Problem

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Finding charge magnitude when weight is balanced by electrostatic force

  • dasblack
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Simple Harmonic Motion General Formula

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Physics 12 Journal help, please

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