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Balls exerting gravitational force on eachother

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What is the Kinetic and Internal Energy of a Car-Truck Collision?

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Can an exercise bike be used to generate heat for a room?

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Why does angular momentum stay constant as plane moves past farmer?

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What is the maximum compression of the spring

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Theory of special relativity -clocks and objects

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How Fast Does the Elevator Cable Perform Work?

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How to Find the Tension in a Three-Pulley System?

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How Much Water Flows Through a 1cm Hole in a Minute?

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Inclined plane and elapsed time

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Forces in Equilibrium-Tension Forces at Different Angles

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Why Is Achieving Orbit Considered Halfway to Anywhere?

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How Much Power Does the Elevator Cable Exert in kW?

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How to Calculate Average Force from Momentum Change in a Collision

  • Maiia
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Solving Questions on Throwing a Baseball to Hit a Target

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A disk with a Spring around it

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Short, Easy, Lenz's Law Question

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Block on incline with vertical force

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How Do Newton's Laws Apply to a System of Hanging Masses?

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Why does f3(3.8)-mg(2.15)=0 for torque in ladder problem?

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Calculating Tension in a Rope: Is Fnet=ma Correct?

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Calculating Vector Components at 45 Degrees

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What is the final velocity of the goalie after catching a hockey puck?

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Two objects colliding & sticking together, what is their final speed?

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Car momentum in kg m/s and velocity of second car

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Does moment of inertia coefficient affect rotational difficulty?

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How Much Work to Compress a Spring Further by 7cm?

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Pendulum in Simple Harmonic Motion

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How Does Friction Affect Spring Compression on an Inclined Plane?

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Simple harmonic motion and oscillation period

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Spinning Frame of Reference: Inertial or Non-Inertial?

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What is the slope of a force vs. distance graph?

  • JJBladester
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Pistons, Pressure, Work, and Height

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I am having trouble relating to impulse

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Diffraction and interference patterns

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Understanding Polarisation of Light

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Solving Missile Motion Problems: Answers & Explanations

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Charge through battery and capacitor when S connects C4 to circuit

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An elastic collision in two dimensions

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Friction between 2 masses and maximum acceleration

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How Do You Calculate Torque in a Static Equilibrium Problem?

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How Does Jet Engine Thrust Affect Train Kinetic Energy?

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Electron acceleration in cathode ray tube

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Angular acceleration of a cylinder on an inclined plane

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Angular Acceleration of a Model Rocket

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Circular motion and gravitation

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Coefficient of static friction for crate in braking truck

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Point charges in a line; electric field

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How Do You Calculate the Tangential Force on a Pole?

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Calculating angular speed out of tangential speed

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Vertical acceleration of a rod rotating around a pivot

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Carnot engine problems 16-18: why are 17 and 18 hoaxes?

  • kuahji
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Energy required to expand V of cylinder

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How to Calculate Horizontal Distance in a Ballistic Pendulum Experiment?

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Solving a Complex Rotational Dynamics Problem

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Maximum horizontal range-shot putting

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Standing Waves Formula Question

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Finding recoil velocity of a gun after firing a bullet

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Balistic Pendulum Equation Solution

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Energy Conserved in momentum problem

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Effects of Increasing Temperature on Ideal Gas

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Where is the Greatest Pressure in Fluid Dynamics?

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Pressure and force in 3 different containers

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Calculating Max Depth of Apparatus on Mars

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How Do You Calculate the Coefficient of Friction?

  • liz777
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How is the cylinder's motion affected by changing the tension of the string?

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Simple Newtonian Mechanics question (infamous box and ramp question)

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Calculating Angular Momentum with Constant Torque: A Particle in Motion

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Solving the Tension in Three Object Pulley System

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Bungee Jumper/Oscillatory Motion

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Six homework questions on radioactivity, light, pressure, and forces

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How Much Energy Was Lost to Friction When Braking Downhill?

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What is the net force on the roof

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How Accurate Are These Sig Fig Calculations and Unit Conversions?

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Calculating Initial Speed and Velocity of Thrown Keys

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Simple temperature ratio question

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Loss of mechanical energy in a plastic collision

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Cooking Veggies: Boiling or Steaming - Which is Faster?

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Finding distance that a pad is compressed after being dropped

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How Do You Calculate the Physics of a Race Car on a Banked Curve?

  • Jayker
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Does a floating block make the total measured weight less?

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Solving for Period of SHM with Pendulum Hitting Peg

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What is the acceleration of the center of mass of the cylinder?

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How Fast Does Roller A Rotate?

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Solving a Puzzling Motor-Wheel Problem

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Maxwell's Equations: Help to truly understand them

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Determine the wavelength of the wave

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Solving for Depth in Boyle's Law: Barometer Tube Submerged in Water

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At what angle should the boy pull the sled to minimize force?

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Rods & Springs Oscillations: Frequency Calculation

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