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Youngs Double Slit: Intensities at Maxima & Minima

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Normal force when on a horizontal surface

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Skier on two hills: when does contact with snow break at the crest?

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How Does Friction Affect Energy Conversion on an Inclined Plane?

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The sign of Gravitational Potential Energy

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What Is the Magnetic Field Inside a Long Solenoid?

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What is the tension in the cable of an accelerated elevator?

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How Do You Calculate Final Temperature in a Mixed Material Calorimetry Problem?

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Angular acceleration of the pulley

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How is Force Transferred from a Pivot to a Cylinder?

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Torque of a woman leaning against a wall

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How Far Ahead is the Car from the Truck After Passing?

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Ponctual electric charge problem

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Comparison of Gravitational, Electric, and Magnetic Fields

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Conservation of momentum problem with a bullet and stationary block

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Torque with an arm holding a weight

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Rock ejected from moon reaching Earth at 700 km altitude

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How Do You Calculate the Average Density of a Star?

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Moment of Inertia/ Kinetic Energy

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Computing Normalisation Constant A

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Incompressible viscous liquid questions

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How much energy does the headlight use in 1.5 hours?

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How to Calculate Forces in Bridge Points?

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Why Does the Equatorial Bulge Affect Gravity on a Rotating Sphere?

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Coefficient of friction for surface

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How Is Angular Speed Calculated for a Chain Saw Sprocket?

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Air resistance force on a falling table tennis ball at constant speed

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If kinetic energy is doubled, by what factor does velocity increase?

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How is Angular Momentum Related to Linear Momentum?

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Friction force on rotating semicircle at θ=80° and 40°

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Calculating Momentums and Velocities for Exploding Firework Parts

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How Can a Space Capsule Stop Rotating After a Collision?

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How far does a rolling ball travel on a loose track before it tips?

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How to solve a problem like this

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Calculate the maximum height of ball 1

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Calculating Object's Trajectory on a Circular Track

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What is the angle of the plane with respect to the horizontal?

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Calculating Height of a Fence Hit by a Baseball

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Energy Stored in Elastic Bodies

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Calculating Mass of Expelled Gas in Space Probe Course Correction

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Trying to recall rope-tension problem

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Work done by gravity when two connected cylinders equalize

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Relationship between centripetal force and velocity in circular motion

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Calculate the component of the electric field

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How do sound waves reflect at the open end of a pipe?

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Centripetal acceleration in an ultracentrifuge at 60,000 rpm

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I to figure out how to turn acceleration data into Horsepower/Torque

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Heat Loss Question: Single Coin vs All Coins

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Does Bouyant Force Affect Scale Readings?

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What is the Swimmer's Velocity Relative to the Observers on the Beach?

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Standing waves and resonance frequency

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Centripetal force vs velocity graph shapes from stopper mass experiment

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Why does the pendulum bob swing to the same height after hitting the rod?

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Positron accelerated between two charged parallel plates

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Solving voltage across capacitors

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How Do You Calculate the Gravitational Field Strength on Mars?

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Deriving period formula for a moon orbiting a planet

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How do I calculate projectile motion when launching balls from a compressor?

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Calculating Tension in a horizontal cable

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Calculate Speed of 91.7 kg Person at Equator

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Microwave Emitting Star, and detector with diffraction

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Stellar Formation, Life, Death - Temp, Radius, Luminosity

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Energy stored in a bow and arrow

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Tangential Components of Electrical Fields Equal at Dialectrics Interface

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Friction: A box at rest on a slope

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Coefficient of restitution in rotation motion

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Weigh something with multiple scales

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What are the main sub-topics of Thermodynamics in Machines?

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How Small Must Earth's Mass Be Compressed to Form a Black Hole?

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How Is Work Calculated With Friction?

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Applying Newton's Laws (Inertia, F=ma, Action Reaction_

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Angular velocity and accelerating problem

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Finding Balancing Point Between Earth and Sun

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What is the Linear Speed of an Air Puck in Circular Motion?

  • Maiia
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Distance from sun to earth= 1.5 x10^11m

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How far was the spring compressed if the 2.2 kg cart moves at 1.5 m/s?

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How long will it take to come to rest?

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Newtons Laws Question: Finding acceleration and direction of movement

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How Far Will Jenny Slide on Flat Ground After Sledding Downhill?

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Minimum speed for baseball to clear 7.5 m fence 95 m away

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Why does the heavier sled have momentum √2 times the lighter sled?

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Solve Electric Circuits Homework: RT, Vdrops, I, P, VTerm

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How to find the resultant vector from two forces

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Pump lifting water 50 m uphill: work, power, and pressure

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Equilibrium of Charged Particles on an Axis

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Special Relativity - apparent speed

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Charge distribution when two conducting spheres touch

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Magnetic field on current loop, involves rotational energy

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Calculating the Period of an Orbit around Earth

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Piston Pressure: How to Calculate Forces and Work in a Gas Cylinder System

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Total Potential and kinetic energy

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The Changing of Objects with Temperature-Thermodynamics

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Catching a Falling Can: Solving for Acceleration

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