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Problem using conservation of angular momentum

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Calculating the motion of binary stars

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How Do You Delete an Accidental Forum Post?

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Inclined plane car out of gas problem

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Calculating Mechanical Energy Change of 1100kg Car

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Finding coefficient of static friction in half-Atwood system

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Electric field at origin from semi-infinite line charge starting at x=+x₀

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Electric/Magnetic Field Technologies

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Coffee cup blown off car and block launched off platform

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Where is the center of mass of the slab

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2 people in a canoe, switch places, canoe moves, find mass of one person

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Little Nellie Newtons Force Problems

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AM radio station antenna frequency from quarter-wavelength height

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Insulator/Conductor Question with picture

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Block hits block with spring. COE and COM

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Solving Mass-Acceleration Relationships for Objects Connected with Pulleys

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How Is the Resultant Force on a Car Calculated?

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Wavelength, temperature in transition

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How Does Throwing a Snowball Affect an Ice Skater's Movement?

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Forces Acting on a Ball: Identifying the Unknowns

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Capacitance measurement of parallel plate capacitor at 20 kHz

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Was gravity discovered or invented by Newton?

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Sol'n: Find Force P to Balance Weight of Blocks A and B

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Circular motion/gravitational force implied

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Power needed to keep velocity of conveyor belt constant

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Tension Equal in Pulley System w/ 2 Strings

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Find Center of Mass of Dropped Stones

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What is the Velocity of the Meteor?

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Thermodynamic Application Isothermal Work

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Normal Force Problem: Calculating Magnitudes

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Electric force and free electrons

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Elastic Collision and max height on an Incline

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What Is the Other Force Acting on the Object?

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Why is acceleration of a cart on an incline divided by sin θ equal to g?

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How Much Does a Guitar String Stretch Under Tension?

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What is the Speed of the Center of Mass of Two Moving Particles?

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Firecracker explodes into three equal pieces at highest point

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Prove that: kinematics/ projectile problem

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Resonance in Electrical Circuit

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What is the net impulse and average force on a ball caught in hand?

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Difficult Force Problem with changing angle ( )

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Finding accelration with forces?

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How to Calculate Contact Force Between Boxes in Physics?

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Torque Equilibrium: Solving f=ma and T=rf

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What Angle Causes an Ice Cube to Detach from a Spherical Bowl?

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Simple Harmonic Motion Problem(pendulum)

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Calculate Angular Velocity after Star's Diameter Decrease

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Calculating the Center of Mass for a CO Molecule

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Calculating Velocity of a Wheel at the Top Using Acceleration and Time

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Find the expression for the frequency emitted if the source

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How Much Torque Does an Electric Motor Develop at 3000 RPM?

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Cannot Lift Piano: Force or Work Not Enough

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How far behind is the automobile when it reaches a speed of 38.9 m/s?

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Finding the friction coefficient?

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Partially Emptying a Tank Containing an Ideal Gas

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Ball dropped on pivoting bar with another ball at the other end

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Conservation of Angular Momentum in Collision with Rotations

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Some basic electric potential questions

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Finding the force (complicated)?

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Weight above the surface of the Earth

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Induced current through a resistor - with variable resistor and two coils

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How Does Cutting a Spring Affect Its Angular Frequency?

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How High Does a Basketball Bounce After Losing 20% Energy?

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Maximum acceleration for block on cart with friction

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Calculating Time for Overtaking in a Race

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Free Fall and gravitational acceleration

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Interpreting this wave funtion

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Graphing Wavelength vs Inverse freq. or Period

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Finding Force of friction without having coefficient or normal?

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What Are the Physics Behind a Girl Pulling a Sled on Ice?

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At what angle does a block tip over given its center of mass position?

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Ball tossed from window at 15° below horizontal

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How Is the Force of Sunlight Calculated on a Building's Roof?

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Maximum Weight for Stationary System with Static Friction

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Capacitor, Dielectrics and height movement

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How Do I Solve These Physics Problems for My Exam Tomorrow?

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How do the blocks of power have the same kinetic energy?

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Hang time, range, maximum height

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Blocks on Floor - Tension between blocks

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Force and Motion Electron Problem

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Finding final position from work done by variable force

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How Is Acceleration Calculated When a Car Changes Direction But Not Speed?

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What Is the Moment of Inertia and Frictional Torque of a Rotating Wheel?

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What Is the Resultant Speed After Two Birds Collide?

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Police car catching a speeder with constant acceleration

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How Is Power Related to Aerodynamic Drag in Cycling?

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Tension with a with a massless rope

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What Do Others Think About Determinism?

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Calculating Position from Acc. Time Graph

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Why is power dissipation P=F*V and not P=Cd(A²)(v³)?

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Calculating Landing Distance on an Aircraft Carrier

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Speedboat Acceleration Question

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How Do You Calculate the Moment of Inertia of a Cone?

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What is the magnitudue of the force acted on the ball

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Rotating Record Frequency Calculation

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Confusion regarding electrical power

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Momentum and the Conservation Laws

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