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Calculating Distance of Water Landing from Pool Hole | Torricelli's Theorem
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How Do You Calculate the Coefficient of Friction on an Inclined Slide?
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What is the purpose of an Atwood machine and how does it change acceleration?
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Simple Harmonic Oscillator question
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What Is the Relative Speed of Two Parts of a Spacecraft After Detonation?
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This problem i have been trying to solve it for more than hours but i could not.
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Frictionless Bead Sliding Down A Parabola
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Single piston engine problem - position of piston
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Conservation Of Mechanical Energy PROBLEM
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Connected masses, friction enabled
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Solving Rotational Dynamics Homework: Ball in Pipe
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The Time Limit for Jogging Before Irreversible Body Damage Occurs
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Momentum and Its Relation to Force on a Rocket
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How Is Force Calculated on a Submerged Object's Window at Extreme Depths?
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Average Net Force: Kinetic Energy & Momentum
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How Do You Calculate the Specific Gravity of Alcohol?
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Conservation of energy and a spring
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Energy Lost to Friction in Spool Experiment
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How much force will be required to remove the lid?
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Air Pressure and Water Pressure
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Master Elastic Collision Problems: Basic Help | Homework Solution
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Solving Pressure & Force Homework Problem
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A nonconducting spherical shell problem
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Calculating Final Body Temperature After Soda Consumption
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Conservation of Momentum and Kinetic Energy
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Law of Conservation of Energy- mass and spring
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What force do ropes exert on a sign
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How Does the Angle of Incline Affect Train Motion Calculations?
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What Happens to the Acceleration When the Thread Snaps?
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Einstein model of solids, energy in joules of one quantum
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Help Needed: Solving Problems with Satellites and Ropes
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Derive the magnitude and direction of the linear acceleration
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What Is Poynting's Vector and How Is It Calculated?
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Why Doesn't the Moon Have a Thick Atmosphere?
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A little help , rotational and youngs modulus
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Theoretical electronics problem
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Inelastic collision to angular motion
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How do you calculate the net efficiency of a series of heat engines?
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How can the weight of the ball be determined when submerged in the beaker?
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How Does Hitting a Corked, Water-Filled Soda Bottle with a Fist Break It?
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Sound Waves-Destructive Interference hw help please
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Young's double slit and interference maximums
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Gravitational Forces between three stars
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Solving Impulse Homework: A, B, C
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Work, Velocity, Friction, and Potential Engery with a sliding block
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How far does an airliner wheel slip before rolling without slipping?
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Solving Force on Rotating Bar at Pivot
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How Do You Calculate Pendulum Velocity Using Newton's Laws?
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Hooke's experiment and spring launcher
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Circuits and recharging battery
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Can you me with this high school problems? About projectile motion
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How can the dynamics of falling balls be analyzed using equations of motion?
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Net Displacement of Element on String at Crossing Pulses
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Is More Work Done By Lifting an Object Diagonally or Straight Up?
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Calculating Moment Arm for a Force: Explained and Solved
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Understanding Centripetal Net Force in Circular Motion
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Solving the Simpsons' Eviction Homework Statement
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What are the Unknowns in a RLC Circuit with Resonance Frequency and Impedance?
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Projectile Motion of half court basketball shot
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Solving Entropy Change for 0.7 kg of Water in 12 Minutes
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Satellite Slingshot manoeuvre question
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Uniform Circular Motion Question
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Calculating Acceleration with Force and Mass
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Newton's Second Law-Pulley problem
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Understanding Angular Momentum Conservation
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Constant Acceleration - Kinematics Problem Help
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Moment of inertia flywheel mass problem
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Electrical Circuits: Recharging a Battery
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Where does this energy come from?
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Rotation problem: which would stop first?
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Projectile Motion in Elevator: Peach Pit Launch Homework
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Definition of electric field dE due to a small charge dQ
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Projectile time left in basketball
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The lowest centre of mass while filling a cup of water?
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Calculating work done on a truck by friction when a truck is pushing a car
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Calculating Average Force in a Car Collision
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How Loud Is a Whisper at 3.5 Meters?
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Can Physics Equations Help Solve Real-Life Motion Problems?
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What is the average acceleration?
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Circular and simple harmonic motion
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What Are the Units of Constants c and Fo in the Equation Fv = Fo * sin(cx)?
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Traverse E wave travel Time on wires
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Collision of particles (relativity)
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Is Work Path Dependent with a Zero Total Displacement?
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Solve Raindrop Problem: Determine Time to Reach 63% Terminal Velocity
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Acceleration, Velocity and distance
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Identifying 2 Elements in an AC Circuit: R & L
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Heavy Pulley / Conservation of Mechanical Energy
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Difference between Newton's first and second law
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Magnetic Flux, Equator and flying bullets
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Deriving an equation for displacement and acceleration (given velocity)
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How Does Force Affect Velocity in a One-Dimensional System?
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How Does Buoyancy Affect a Bubble's Force as It Sinks?
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How to Calculate Kinetic Energy Relative to Center of Mass?
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Circuit/Mechanical oscillator analogy
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Torque on Supply Reel in Cassette Deck Playback
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How Does Torque Affect Foot Bones?
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What Is the Velocity of the 3 kg Fragment After Explosion?
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How Does Torque Relate to Different Types of Acceleration?
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Circular motion vector problem
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