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Bernoulli's fluid flow in a tube [desperate]

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Transverse Waves- Verticle Rope

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Ideal gas equation and boyle's law

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3 children and a balancing a seesaw

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Circular motion (planetary orbit) question

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Arm problem, Static Equilibrium

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Calculating the Net Force Vector for Multiple Force Vectors

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Why is heat absorbed nonzero in an adiabatic process?

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Work-Kinetic Energy Theorum Problem

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Physics Dynamics: Angular and Linear Motion of Machine Components

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Average speed, displacement and average velocity of car.

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A dielectric in side a spherical shell

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High Pass Amplifier: C & R1 in Parallel

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Curious about Linear Density (μ) of a string

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How Is the Force Exerted by the Wedge on the Sphere Calculated?

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Superposition Gravataional Forces

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Calculating kWh from Amps, Voltage and Time

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Solving Flow Rate Through Pipes with Pressure Difference

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Package A Races Down the Ramp: How Long Does it Take?

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What Torque Causes Earth's Precessional Cycle?

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Can a Limo Fit into a Smaller Garage with Special Relativity?

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How many revolutions does the merry go round make as it stops?

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Converting Watts to Volts: Maximum Current for a 3.5W Resistor

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Adiabatic Process and Heat Absorption

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Isothermal expansion and final pressure

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Vertical circle-direction of a force?

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Find speed of billiard ball 2 after collision with ball 1

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A frustrating question regarding pressure, fluid and force

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Static Equilibrium of deltoid muscle

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How Does Friction Affect the Movement of a Thrown Turkey?

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Archimedes' Principle- Popping lid off of a barrel

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How Does Fluid Density Affect Absolute Pressure in a Siphon System?

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Understanding Inverted Images: Calculating M and f Ratios

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Free body diagram, inclined plane, and finding V from x vs t graph

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Why Does Current Lead Voltage by 110 Degrees in This Circuit?

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Ideal gas heat addition and piston-spring expansion problem

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Buoyant Force with two attached blocks

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Greatest Pressure on Brick: Bottom Side

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Projectile Motion from a height

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Magnetism, Displacement Currents and Parallel Plate Capacitors

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Sound intensity ratio for two car horns 8m and unknown distance away

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Is Energy Density Homogeneous with Stress and Strain Units?

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Rolling cylinder on a ramp: finding kinetic energy components

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Calculating Power for an Elevator with Maximum Load and Speed

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What is the speed of a block sliding down an inclined plane with friction?

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Time to restore equilibrium on horizontal block spring system

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Volume of Submerged Solid: Solve Given Densities

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Atwood Machine(Conservation of String)

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How Much Does It Cost to Run a Digital Clock for 34 Days?

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Cost of a energy from a battery

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What is the linear speed of the ball when it leaves the incline?

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Does Angular Momentum Depend on the Choice of Origin?

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What will be the voltage across the resistor in an AC circuit?

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Solve Pendulum Problem: Tension 150 N, Mass .65 kg, 28m Apart

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Moment of Inertia for Infinite Density (mass per area)

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Work done by friction on a block sliding down an inclined ramp

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Velocity to place a 14.5kg object into orbit at 100km altitude

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Minimum force to hold a rod at a hinged point

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How Do You Calculate the Area of a Rectangular Glass Rod?

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How Does a Generator's EMF Change with Magnetic Field Variations?

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Multiple springs in harmonic motion

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Calculating Velocity at a Specific Point on a Curved Slit

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Velocity and Direction of Shrapnel After an Object Explodes at Rest

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Solving for Horizontal Displacement: Ball on a String

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Gravitron with greased walls - does the rider stay pinned or slide

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Can Reviewing Old Physics Problems Improve Understanding?

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Solving the Solar Power Puzzle in the US

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Calculating Acceleration of Point P Relative to O

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Burning Calories: Calculating Time to Radiate 285 Calorie Donut

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Cyclist of 80kg: Descending 3.4 degree Hill at 9.0 or 30 km/hr?

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Solving Oscillatory Motion: When Block B Starts to Slip?

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Find the angle to the horizonal using the given information.

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How far did the man walk and what was his average speed?

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Find the mass of the skateboard

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Does a rigid body lose energy when a mass drops from rotating system?

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Second moment of inertia of upside down t beam

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Understanding Angular Momentum in Particle Motion

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Angular momentum merry go round

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Compass in a solenoid, oscillating

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Help with homework problem

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What Are the Final Velocities in a Perfectly Elastic Collision Problem?

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Calculating Speed of Mass Oscillating on Spring

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Rotational Motion/Pulley Problem

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Rearranging g = w/ft to make w the subject

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Rotational Energy Homework - Calculate Moment of Inertia & KE

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Bernoulli's equation and a water tank

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How does a lettuce spinner remove water from lettuce?

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Why do polished glass surfaces stick together briefly?

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Can't all electromagnetic waves travel at light speed?

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Why Is Cosine Used Instead of Sine in Calculating Tension in Physics?

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Determine angle for gun to be shot at

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Minimum speed on banking road (circular motion)

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