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What Is the Initial Momentum of the System?

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Minimal force to move a 20 kg block at constant speed

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Is 1/2ln(a+4)+ln(b)-5ln(c) equal to ln(b/(c^5(a+4)^(1/2)))?

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1 Billard Ball Into Middle of 2 Others

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Why Should the Power Output Be 47.7 Horsepowers?

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Finding Tensile Force in Pulley Problem

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Calculating Impulse and Average Force in a Softball Pitching Problem

  • Maiia
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"Lowest Child B: Why Dropping Rocks is Best Choice

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Movement of an electron between two plates

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Determine the linear acceleration of the tip of the rod

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Calculating Mass of 1 Cubic Meter of Water in Kilograms

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Inclined slope with acceleration

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Simple experiments to measure gyroscope precession

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Conceptual Rotational Motion and angular velocity

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Length of the box based on the fringe pattern? I think I'm close.

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Calculating a Planetary Year for Krau?

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Detecting Mass Changes with a Hydraulic Balance

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Water fountain height 4.23 m, find flow rate in gallons per minute

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Equilibrium Temperature and composition

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How Do You Calculate Work on a pV Diagram When Pressure Varies?

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Refraction index vs. wavelength?

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Momentum Problem: Final Momenta, Kinetic Energies Compared

  • Maiia
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Syringe: probably a really simple mistake that I can't seem to catch

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Dark fringes in air wedge with glass plates and fibre

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Isobaric, Isochoric, Isothermal, and Adiabatic Processes

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Solve 870 kg Sports Car Collision Speed at Impact

  • sumitmanhas
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Angular acceleration and power of a 2.08 m airplane propeller

  • JWDavid
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Determining pressure in the pot.

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Finding Velocity Using Work-Energy Principle

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Finding moment of inertia for problem 8

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Deviations from the Ideal Gas Equation

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Standing wave in string with four segments at 120 Hz

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How Does Radioactive Decay Affect Isotope Ratios Over Time?

  • Sublime74
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Calculating Age of Old Sample with Carbon 14 Dating

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Find frictional force from mass and acceleration

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Energy required to accelerate a mass

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How long does it take for the 4.0 kg block to reach the floor?

  • booboo21407
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Calculating the Starting Angle of a Pendulum Using Geometry and Trigonometry

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Phase difference of reflected sound waves in a hallway

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Frequency of Harmonic Oscillators on Earth and the Moon

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How Do Phase Shifts Affect Resultant Wave Amplitude and Frequency?

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Bernoulli's Principle: How Does Water Flow in a Tower with Multiple Holes?

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Calculating U-235 Requirements for a 707 MW Nuclear Fission Reactor

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How can I calculate the electric field using the voltage and gradient?

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What Is the Impulse Given to a Ball by the Floor in a Bounce?

  • Mikejax
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First Law of Thermodynamics Question

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What Is the Average Acceleration of a Bird Flying from Point A to B?

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Disk falling while rope unwinds from it

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Doppler effect and frequency of the horn

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Orbital problem giving answer much smaller than choices

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What Are the Effects of Rigid Body Force and Torque?

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Light Interference Webassign question

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Where Should You Place a Pump to Extract Water from a Deep Mine?

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Significance of spring mass in SHM.

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Practical - Stress-Strain graph of an elastic band

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5m beam with 80N and 180N loads: where to apply 100N force to balance?

  • phys1618
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Solving Simple Fluid Problems: Bernoulli's Equation

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.Achieving a Successful Rocket Lab in Physics Class

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What Are the Correct Units for p in the Equation R=pl/A?

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Why doesn't a stove increase air's internal energy in a cabin?

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Calculating Current in a Direct Current Circuit with Kirchhoff's Rules

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Solving for Acceleration and Friction in Rolling Motion

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Electrostatics Multiple Choice Questions

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Maximum speed of string particles from wave equation

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How Does the Law of Conservation of Momentum Apply in a Firework Explosion?

  • sumitmanhas
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Force due to gravity homework problem

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Calculate the Density of a Block Floating in Olive Oil

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Calculating Weight and Sliding Force on a Roof | Statics Problem Solution

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How to Convert Mass and Weight on Earth to Mass and Weight on the Moon?

  • Dandy Candy
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Equilibrium - Flagpole vs Rope Tension

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Temperature Variation Coefficient

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Does Rotational Kinetic Energy Differ for Objects Like Fans in the Air?

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What is the Volume of the Floating Object?

  • Naldo6
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Fluid Physics; Finding the Density of an Unknown Liquid

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The Rotational Kinetic Energy of the Earth

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Find the magnitude of acceleration of the puck on the ramp

  • ScullyX51
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Find the acceleration in terms of friction

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What is the Maximum Energy and Velocity in Spring Oscillation?

  • Naldo6
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How Much Air Must a Fish's Bladder Contain to Achieve Neutral Buoyancy?

  • Physicsdude13
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Potential energy and a pendulum

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How do momentum, impulse, and GPE factor into solving physics questions?

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Determining Impending Motion with Coefficients of Friction

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Is Calculating 69g's as 676.89 m/s² Correct?

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Simple harmonic motion amplitude, frequency, period and energy

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What is the tension in the string at the top of the ball's path?

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Simple Harmonic Motion - Finding max speed of an oscillator

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Finding spring constant from two equilibrium lengths

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Solved: Spinning Situation: What Happens to the Merry-Go-Round?

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Solving Static Problem: Help Needed

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Calculating the time of stopping distance

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Terminal velocity when falling through the atmosphere

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