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Spring / constant applied force question

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Work Done without using the Conservation of Energy

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Work Done by Father on Girl's Sled Up Hill

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Helicopter accelerates while liftin what are the forces' magnitudes?

  • Natali
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Newton's Laws: Sharp vs. Dull Knives

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Findin buckets' tension when there are two strings n two buckets

  • Natali
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How Does a Pulley System Affect the Force Exerted by a Table on a Box?

  • Natali
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Momentum - Baseball Homework: Average Force, Direction

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Block sliding down an inclined plain with gravity

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Lens and Focal Length Practice Problems

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Tennis Ball Drop II: Find Force Exerted on Floor

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Calculate the Pressures of H2 and He: Are answers correct?

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Calculate Collector Current w/ Emitter @ 100mA - Transistor Switch

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Two Blocks with rope and Pulley on Inclined Plane

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Work Energy Theorem Loop-The-Loop problem

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Bullet shot into pendulum - conservation of energy

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Finding stopping time and distance for a braking vehicle

  • ajayespinoza
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Average velocity of a decelerating vehicle over 18 ft

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Block pulled up incline, slides down, compresses spring

  • r34racer01
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Why Does the Scale Show 76 kg in the Elevator?

  • drewdiddy
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UPS man pushes boxes up a ramp problem

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Pressure and Density: Force Increase on Eardrum in 10-Story Building

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Block, Cart, and Pulley Question

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Coefficient of sliding friction for car braking on ice

  • halo9909
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Deriving velocty with drag equation

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Projectile and acceleration of gravity

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Relative Velocity of a Helicopter

  • vsharma88
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Finding spring compression using PE

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Finding position as a function of initial speed and launch angle

  • jartg
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Ideal Gas Law Question: Calculating Final Balloon Volume at High Altitude

  • blackjack18
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Kinetic Energy Of an rotating object

  • Duely Cack
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Gravity 315km from Earth's Surface

  • shimizua
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Finding Acceleration in two Force problems

  • jllorens
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Calculate Force of Inclined Surface: 0.156kg at 55°

  • xmflea
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Solving Relative Speed and Flashes in S' Frame

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Maximum Angle of Incidence for Glass-Water Boundary?

  • Suavez
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What Torque is Needed to Accelerate a Phonograph Album?

  • Duely Cack
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Block sliding down ramp, energy problem

  • Chrisleo13
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Finding Acceleration from Friction Coefficient and Force Applied

  • ChrisMihm31
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What is the Resultant Gravitational Force on the 8 kg Mass?

  • dablondeemu
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Solving Momentum and Kinetic Energy Relations

  • Garen
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Kinetic energy in rotating objects.

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Volume of 2.0 g helium at 25°C and 775 mm pressure

  • blackjack18
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How Does Quantized Energy Affect Oscillation Amplitude?

  • Quelsita
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Volume of 2 mol N2 @ 0°C & 1 atm: 11.2 L

  • blackjack18
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Seven projectile motion problems for exam

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Moment of Inertia of a Sphere problem

  • Frillth
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How to calculate the time for one revolution in circular motion?

  • MRD
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Satellite. calculate radius of orbit

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How Long to Decelerate in Water with Drag Force?

  • Cmur
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Solving a Difficult Projectile Motion Problem: How Far is the Diagonal Distance?

  • Jessicaelleig
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Calculating Work and Potential Energy in a Vertical Circle

  • Almoore01
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Acceleration of a 219 kg crate pushed with 710 N and friction 0.20

  • halo9909
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Speed of tennis ball dropped from 5.6 m

  • PhysicslyDSBL
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Tangential Speed at the Equator and Beyond

  • 7starmantis
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What is the Magnitude of Acceleration in a Frictionless Equation?

  • shimizua
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Small conversion of units question

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Calculate Friction Force + Coefficient

  • halo9909
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Coefficient of kinetic friction and Energy

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Finding the Angle for Safe Max Speed on Unbanked Curve

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Calculating Exhaust Gas Speed for a 4200kg Rocket Launch

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Gauss's Law Problem: Electric Field Inside a Charged Cylinder

  • bcjochim07
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Calculating an Astronaut's Weight on Planet X

  • shimizua
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Box with mass attached to spring and board

  • 12boone
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Physics Problem: Determining Applied and Normal Forces on a Vertical Window

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Calulate Acceleration from Friction

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When is a car's acceleration eastward or negative?

  • aquapod17
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Resistance and Temperature(isn't this right?)

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Force on a Particle in a B-field

  • Jan42
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Finding work done on object with a chnaging force

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Acceleration and Deacceleration

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Does Mass of Cart Affect Spring Extension?

  • kay123
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How do i solve this physics problem that contains vectors

  • baseball2233
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How Does a Tungsten Filament's Size Affect Its Radiated Power?

  • Quelsita
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Work required to assemble charged particles

  • SilverGirl
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Daredevil motorcycle max height

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Projectile Motion Problem: Determining Height Using Equations

  • jumbogala
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Rotation caused by friction on a sphere

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Finding average power for an object being vertically lifted

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Calculating Speed and Height of a Thrown Ball

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Motion under a constant force (relativity-related)

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Calculate the orbital period of a spacecraft around the moon

  • pinkerpikachu
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How many balls can this juggler juggle?

  • zealot1985
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How Do I Solve These Complex Newtonian Mechanics Problems?

  • TripelS
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Cart bouncing off rubber block on 31° ramp distance

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What is the value of the spring constant k?

  • mathgirl2007
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Tire rotation angle for 2 ft diameter over 60,000 miles

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Objects of equal mass, but different terminal velocities?

  • TelusPig
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Can special relativity make a murder happen before the shooting?

  • Chaste
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Finding angle and acceleration when a box slides down an inclined board

  • piper210_355
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Why is rocket car thrust constant if F = dp/dt includes changing velocity?

  • calculus_jy
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What is the Maximum Compression of a Spring on a Frictionless Surface?

  • bkhofmann
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Collision question using conservation of kinetic energy

  • tippetmaster
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Electric Field due to a Charged Disk.

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Why do Poisson brackets give {x,p} = 1 not 0?

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Finding charge, voltage and resistance

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How many times do two joggers cross on a 440-yard track?

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Cone-shaped drain speed based on R and time

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