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Force and torque when lifting a couch with the Simpsons on it

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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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Train at constant acceleration between two velocity points

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Moment of inertia flywheel mass problem

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Rate of energy conversion when recharging a battery with internal resistance

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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 from elevator with horizontal throw

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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)?

  • theneedtoknow
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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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Finding R and L values when current lags voltage by 30°

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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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Self Inductance of a Coil: Why Not 1/2?

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Tension in a simple pendulum at different angles

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Centripetal Force, very simple.

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Net External Force in a Direction

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A few questions relating to the cross product

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Rate magnitude of vertical component

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I need to to find the moment of inertia for the system

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Completely Inelastic Collision Question

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Specific Latent Heat of Fusion problem

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Spring problem-perpendicular force

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Work done by a Spring Force question

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Rotational Kinematics - Cylinder down a slope.

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Calculating the voltage over a resistance with and without voltmetre

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Conceptual problem: Finding gravitational KE

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Maximum induced emf in 40-turn coil around 200-turn solenoid

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How many rocks/min to mantain a constant speed

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Finding velocity and force from position equation s = 4t - 4t²

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Why do Satellites Orbit Earth at the Equator?

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Help with Forces - Get Answers & Diagrams for Net Force, Friction, Inclines

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Finding dB1/dt and dB2/dt from emf vs R² graph for concentric circles

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Calculating Helium Vrms and Average KE at 5K

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What is the scale reading when the block starts to slide down the incline?

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DeLorean Acceleration in Back to the Future III

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Solve the Difference in Calculated and Experimental Acceleration

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Surface charge induced in conductor by point charge

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Force needed to tip a square box by pushing at center height

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How Is Work Calculated in a Point-Particle System for a Sprinting Runner?

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Newton's Law's Problem (Contact Force)

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Potential Difference Across Resistor (RC Circuit)?

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How Is Net Torque Calculated on a Rotating Sphere?

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How Long Does Sound Travel Through Water and Copper?

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Nuclear physics and radio activity

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Rotating masses on a rod: kinetic energy and forces

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Finding velocity given change in potential

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Moment of inertia - disk - finding dm

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How Do You Calculate the Correct Resistor Values for a Simple Voltage Regulator?

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Linear Speed of a rigid rotating object

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How Does Newton's Third Law Apply in a Frictionless Two-Block System?

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Charge to Mass Ratio difference between Electrons and Protons.

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Balancing a cylinder on an incline with a mag. field

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How Do You Solve for tanB in an Elastic Collision Problem?

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How Many Significant Figures for Time and Mass Calculations?

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Energy of simple harmonic oscillator

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Finding particle one's final velocity in inelastic collision

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Finding net torque from two forces applied to a rod

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Finding location of nodes and antinodes.

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Friction force on a 5 kg mass hanging on a string between two poles

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How Do You Solve These Basic Physics Problems on Force and Energy?

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How Do You Calculate Sound Intensity and Power from Decibels?

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Desperate! Circular motion - Acceleration and Velocity Analysis

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Impulse and force from a baseball caught in a glove

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Thermodynamics Ideal Gas Problem

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