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Particle in a circular path due to magnetic field

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Using acceleration to find tension (concept problem)

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Path diameter difference of two singly-charged ions in a magnetic field

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Particle that moves in an electric and magnetic field

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Clearing a wall with a golf shot

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How can I find the initial velocity of a projectile on an incline?

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Simple Harmonic motion of a Pendulum

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Kirchhoff's rule for circuit with two batteries

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Find ∆V while sliding a card through a card reader with magnetic field

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Why is vector difference the minor diagonal of the parallelogram?

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Strength of magnetic field at the end of a wire wrapped nail.

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Show that a tilted free liquid surface undergoes shear stress

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Energy of Two Gamma Rays Produced by Pion Decay

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Finding the height of a column of mercury

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Why is the x-component of the electric field at point P positive?

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Finding the center of mass of a homogeneous object

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Divergence of an Electric Field due to an ideal dipole

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Determine the acceleration of the cylinder axis if there is no slip

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Increase Photocell Illumination: Effect on Current

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Find the direction and magnitude of an electric field

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A glider of length 12.4 cm moves on an air track

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1-D wave resonance in the case of an Open-Ended String

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Inclined Plane Problem with Kinetic Friction

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Need a force to accelerate an object on a frictionless surface

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Energy method for leaking mass problem

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An astronaut is piloting her spacecraft

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Calculating current and phase angle using j-ω method

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Calculating Magnetic Force with Vectors

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Find the charge of this particle moving in a magnetic field

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Why is x = 50t - 375 for phase ab instead of x = 375 + 50t?

  • Alexanddros81
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How do you calculate wind speed using the Doppler effect?

  • Vivman
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Intensity question (difficult)

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How to calculate the moment of inertia of a bar with two masses on it?

  • Davidllerenav
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Find the power supplied by the 1V source in the circuit using nodal analysis

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Understanding the reasoning of this answer

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Relative Motion of Charges Question

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Bouyancy force -- What mass can the balloon carry?

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Finding where quadratic solution for transformer oscillator went wrong

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Given RMS Speed, Find Temperature

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Understand Faraday's Law and Lenz' Law

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What is the mean moleculer weight of the gas at the solar core?

  • Thomas Smith
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Why does plotting r against T^2/3 give a straight line?

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Is the Velocity Calculation Affected by Gravity or Elastic Potential Energy?

  • sacred76
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Rank the faces in order of decreasing water pressure

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Solve the differential equation of motional emf

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Solving coupled inductor-resistor circuit with Kirchhoff's rules

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Induced charge density at the interface of dielectric slabs

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How do I calculate elastic potential energy?

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Rotating Disk and Hanging Mass Calcululations

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Charged Capacitor Connected to an Uncharged Capacitor in Series

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What is the Frequency of Emitted Radiation from a Moving Hydrogen Atom?

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Ideal gas problem after constraint removed

  • Clara Chung
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What is the equation for U in the Equipartition Theorem?

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Equilibrium temperature when hot water is poured over ice

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Norton's Theorem with Dependent Sources?

  • Master1022
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Given the Volume, Find the Number of Atoms

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Distance Modulus of a Star cluster

  • James Beedy
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Physical units problem for a DC Motor with viscous friction

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Find the acceleration and the work done by a force pulling a spool?

  • Davidllerenav
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Why do people ask your weight when weight is a force, not mass?

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What does the A mean in the formula I=P/A for sound?

  • Mahathir
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Electromotive force (EMF) induced in a rectangular loop

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Does a scale reading change when a weight sinks in water beside it?

  • tonnijames
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Find the force of Friction and minimum coefficient of friction

  • WhatAnAnomaly
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Difficulty understanding Centre of Gravity

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Capacitance and induced charge of a spherical Capacitor + dielectric

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Force on a metal bar across two wires in a magnetic field

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Why can't I convert the right side to Thevenin equivalent in this circuit?

  • Master1022
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Is 1800 Newton meters enough torque to generate 1.5 kilowatts of power?

  • Tony Singh
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What is the direction of work in this figure?

  • patric44
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Young's Modulus, Stress/Strain graph and Calculating Energy

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What is the voltage across this capacitor, inductor and resistor?

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Change in entropy when mixing cold and hot water

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How far will the middle point of the beam sag under load?

  • HAF
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Simple units conversion question

  • bonbon22
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Magnetic force on a wire due to a loop

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The average EMF in a coil rotating in a magnetic field

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Big Yo-Yo problem (Rotational Dynamics with Kinematics? Maybe?)

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Mass of the fuel consumed at the reactor each year?

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Light Diffraction physics problem

  • Tkdmaster
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Determine the angle of two rigid bodies after a collision

  • shadi
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How Does Particle in a Box Relate to Quantum Mechanics?

  • Zeynaz
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An electron is fired at a nonconducting infinite sheet

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Why is radiation dangerous to living organisms?

  • Leo Liu
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Calculate the kinetic energy of two alpha particles

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Conservation of momentum and SHM

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Simple harmonic motion of a bar pivoted at one end

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Why is the normal force zero at the top of a vertical loop?

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Bernoulli's Equation Pressure at Blockage

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How does the missing + sign in the equation affect the trajectory of a particle?

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Find the particle's charge in terms of Q.

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Why does percent error increase with theoretical resistance in resistors?

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Why does pressure decrease when temperature decreases for a gas?

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