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Calculating Sputnik I's Orbital Period

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Finding Velocity at a Given Time on an Acceleration v Time Graph

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When and where will the collision occur in a one lane tunnel?

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Finding position given displacement, velocity

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Conservation of Momentum and KE (bullet through a pop can)

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Angular Magnification of Microscope

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Calculating Force to Propel Boat Across Shallow Lake

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Calculate the work done by friction of package

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Rotational motion of a computer hard disk

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Finding Tension in a String Holding a Meter Stick Against a Wall

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Where does gravitation of earth and sun cancel

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Statics: Equilibrium and circular lawn roller

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Finding the diameter of a coil.

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How to Determine the Masses of Objects from an Acceleration vs. Force Graph?

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Block Projected up Plane with Spring atop

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How Do Final Speeds of Two Balls Compare When Thrown from a Building?

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Determining Velocity and Acceleration for a Moving Particle

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Find the magnitude of the speed

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How can I find the angle between the 3d vector & x-axis ?

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The coefficient of sliding friction from a static start.

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Remote Control Overhanging Table

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Finding Velocity on a Circular Amusement Park Ride

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Momentum of Astronaut Throwing Apples in Space

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Solve MATLAB Question: Plot Normal Distribution on Histogram

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2D Projectile Motion - Minimum Speed

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Work on Block with an opposing force

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Finding the frequency of a subatomic particle in motion?

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Tension on a rope with significant mass

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Diffraction grating wavelength problem

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Finding m2 in Atwood's machine to measure g with 5% accuracy

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Calculating Decay Rates of a Nucleus with 2 Channels

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Free-body diagram for an electron orbitting a proton.

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Maximum and minimum values of a force to keep a block pinned.

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Solving for Horizontal Distance and Time in a Vertical Drop Problem

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Net force, force diagrams, normal force

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One more quick convervation of energy problem

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Rotational Inertia of Solid Disk

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Window washer pulling herself up with a pulley system

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Circular Motion Without Gravity- Calc Based

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Energy conservation with a projectile -

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Determine the tangential and radial acceleration of the car

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Conical pendulum: finding mass, speed, frequency and trajectory

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Calculating the Maximum Displacement of Kate's Bungee Jump

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Work done by jet engines and catapult during 17000 kg carrier launch

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Force vs Time Collision: Find Speed of 66-g Tennis Ball

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Solve Problem with Density: Find Object's Density

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Calculating Time to Overtake a Satellite in Orbit

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How Fast Does a 2100kg Block Travel After 3900J of Work?

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Finding the rarer carbon isotope mass in a mass spectrometer

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Finding Force via Static Friction

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Thermodynamics (heat loss problem)

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How Long to Overtake at Different Speeds?

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Gravitation - Satellite in circular orbit

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Conceptual question: light bulbs in simple DC circuits

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Acceleration and tension for two blocks connected to frictionless pulley

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Find Capacitance From Charged Capacitors

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Average speed for round trip at different speeds

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Bernoulli's equation limitations?

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Elevator Acceleration Calculations

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Solving Free Falling Objects Problem

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Rope, tension and Newtons third law

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Needed Power Output on an Incline

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Pushing a Lawnmower: Find tanθ_critical

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Finding magnitude of displacement vector

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Calculating Force in a Rifle-Bullet System

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Standing wave velocity/acceleration

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What Force Does the Right Block Apply to the Left Block?

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Question About A Simple Formula

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Finding the Speed of a Falling Elevator with a Spring and Frictional Force

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What is the quality factor Q in forced oscillations?

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Why solve for gamma to travel to another galaxy alive

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Force problem involving two pulleys and three masses

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Conservation of Energy roller-coaster car

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Piano string tension adjustment for frequency difference of 1.5 Hz

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Football Problem: Calculating Ball's Clearance over Goal Post

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How Do You Calculate the Force Needed to Accelerate an Electron?

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Simple Harmonic Oscillation Frequency in a Traveling Car

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Linear momentum handball problem

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Tension woes simple mass problem

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Tension of 2 Ropes Find the Angle

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Solving Problems with Newton's Laws - Hanging Chandelier

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Solving Chandelier Tension Problem: Find T1 Expression without T2

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Work Done by Force from 0 to 2 m - 20.4J

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Gravitational potential energy of satellites

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What is the velocity of raindrops in two reference frames?

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Tension on a wire with equal angles

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How Much Work Does It Take to Pull a Skier Up a Slope?

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Calculating Net Force on Boxes of Different Masses in Contact

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Tension in a wire, length change

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Can a Third Charge Achieve Zero Potential Between Two Unequal Charges?

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Clocks out of Sync (Special Relativity)

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Train Acceleration on Sharp Turn

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Centripetal Force and maximum force

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