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How Can a Mask, Light Gate, and Motion Computer Measure Instantaneous Speed?

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Radial acceleration around a planet

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Determine the range of capacitance

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Solving the Angle of a Rolling Penny

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Change in Linear Momentum with mass and velocity

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Force and Motion with two unknows

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How Does a Pogo Stick Utilize Spring Mechanics for Maximum Jump Height?

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Objects on a Slope - Pretty Easy

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How Far Will the Block Travel Up the Incline?

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Banked Circular Motion Problem: Calculating Normal and Friction Forces

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How Can the Work-Energy Theorem Be Applied to Calculate Block Speed?

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Friction and tension problems with blocks on tables and ramps

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How Does a Rod's Angle Change in an Accelerating Car?

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What Happens to Water Level When a Brick is Tossed from a Boat?

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Does Tension Remain Constant in a String with Rollers and a Hanging Weight?

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Find velocity and Kinetic Energy of a Springy Toboggan

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Height of a geostationary satellite above Earth

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What Are the Physics Behind Bungee Jumping?

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Radial and tangential acceleration on a rotating turntable

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Projectile fired up an incline at angle θi for maximum distance

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Projectile problem-A rock is kicked off a 45 Degree hill at 15m/s.

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Finding maximum force given moment limit and direction cosines

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How Do You Calculate Moment of Inertia for Connected Masses?

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Calculate speed v in crossfield hall effect

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Understanding Rotational Velocity in a Hamster Wheel

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Finding river speed when tugboat returns to drifting barge

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Ball thrown downward at 8.0 m/s from 25 m height

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What Speed Should a Swimmer Have to Cross a River Directly?

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Finding Velocity and Height of a Kicked Ball

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Man Throws Ball 138m Horizontally, How Far Vertically?

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Potential energy of gravitational force

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Velocity Time Graphs and Questions

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What Electric Field is Needed to Undeflect Electrons in a Magnetic Field?

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Liquid squirted upward from syringe at 1.5 m/s

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Acceleration of two-pulley system with 20g mobile pulley

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What Speed is Required for a Half-Court Jump Shot in Basketball?

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How to Determine Tensions in Cables for a Suspended Speaker System?

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Projectile Motion stone dropped

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How Does Speed Affect Radar Frequency Shift?

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Pressure Amplitude Calculation for Sound Waves

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Solving for the RPM of a Malfunctioning Motor

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How do I delete my own post?

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An acceleration/distance/velocity question.

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Simple physics kinematic one dimension problem?

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Solving Work Problem: Kinetic Energy of Toy Car After Braking

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What is the direction of the wind in this airplane problem?

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Birds in uniform cirular motion

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Jumping on a trampoline and energy conserved/ not conserved

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Using Impulse-Momentum to Find Time of Falling Object

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What happens when two springs are connected in series and then cut?

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Kinetic Friction and Ropes and Pulleys

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How Much Force Does a Golf Club Apply to a Ball?

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Why Does the Wheel Appear to Rotate Counterclockwise When Projected?

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Calculating Torque of Athlete's Arm at the Gym

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Where is the net force zero for a proton between two charges?

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Graphing Terminal Velocity using Euler's Method

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Mag feild two wires opposite directions

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Calculating Deceleration on an Uphill Road

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Calculating Counterweight for Platform Stability

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Electric field from potential energy

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Why does a turkey wishbone break at a single point?

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Circular Motion of amusement park ride

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Block sliding down a ramp in a truck

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Solving the Velocity of Two Tied Bricks Problem

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Acceleration of 3.8kg Object: 110.58 m/s2, 28.66°

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Gravitation Force Between Two Massive Bodies

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Gravitational Pulls- Acceleration decreases as object is farther from center

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Momentum Problem: Find Speed of Block After Inelastic Collision

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Spring collision between two blocks on frictionless table

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Static Equilibrium Rope Problem

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Conservation of Energy Block Velocity Problem

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Force Vector Problem with Friction

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Block sliding down circular track then spring compression

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Find the magnitude, direction, and location of the force

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Projectile Motion, finding g on a planet

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Calculating Total Kinetic Energy After Explosion

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Solving a Frictionless Bug Problem in a Bowl

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Calculating the Period Time of a Ball Inside a Ball

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How Is Static Friction Calculated from Deceleration Data?

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Elastic Energy and Conservation of Energy

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Capacitance question What is C_eq?

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Solving Car Overtaking Length with 50mi/h and 45mi/h Cars

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Uncertainty Propagation in Fractional Expressions

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Calculating Speed of Ball Leaving Spring Gun Barrel

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Finding the angular speed in rpm

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Does a uniform system always indicate rotational equilibrium in torque problems?

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Applying the work-energy theorem

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Magnetic field two parallel wires

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Magnetic feild in circular coil

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KVL with a current source in loop

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Calculate Buoyancy of Barge: 2.8 x 10^5 kg, 19.8m Long, 10.5m Wide

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Can You Calculate the Densities of Metal and Oil?

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The Impulse and Average Force of a Bouncing Handball

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2d Projectles Motion/Kinematics

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