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Mechanical Energy Lost In A One-dimensional Collision

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Maximum weight of block m2 for which block m1 will remain at rest

  • shimizua
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Spring Compression and block of mass

  • Husker70
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Speed with which m must move for M to stay at rest

  • shimizua
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Acceleration of a box pulled up a ramp with friction

  • M4573R
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Solving Newtons Cooling Law: LnT = -kt +LnC

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How Do You Apply the Phasor Method to Add Sinusoidal Functions?

  • Aeighme
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Calculating Volume Displaced of Block in Water & Alcohol

  • mwharrell
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Adjacent Blocks: What is the mag of the force due m1 on m2?

  • raven2783
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Could someone PLEASE quickly check if my work is right?

  • Lawcheehung
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Pulley Mechanics: Equal Forces on Spring Scale?

  • keemosabi
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What is the Orbital Period of Mars in Earth Years?

  • HelloMotto
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Help with problems relating to Force and Motion with Friction

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Work to compress a gas (constant external pressure)

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Get equation for velocity of a satellite

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Contact Forces Question(s) part 2

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Uniform circular motion on a table

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Conservation of Energy Ball Problem

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Calculating Applied Force in an Accelerating Elevator

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How Fast Was the Bullet Before Striking the Block?

  • ritwik06
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Mechanical Energy of Particle in Horizontal Circle

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Window Washer Pulling on Cable: Dynamics Analysis

  • jnimagine
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Solving Speed of Train on Curve of Radius 235m

  • sugarntwiligh
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When Do Objects Collide and Have the Same Speed?

  • jumbogala
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Calculating Magnitude of Vector: Solving for A & Theta

  • MarXphysics
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How Is the Orbital Period of a Chunk of Ice Calculated in Saturn-like Rings?

  • sugarntwiligh
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Pushing a Box On A Plane 30deg Plane Help?

  • raven2783
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Calculating Surface Charge Density

  • angryshoe
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Calculate Friction Coefficient with Homework Statement

  • blayman5
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What is the Acceleration of a Skydiver with Air Resistance?

  • shimizua
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Transformers and induced current

  • _Mayday_
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Calculating Coefficient of Friction on Inclined Surface

  • Inertialforce
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Contact Forces in Three-Block System

  • Inertialforce
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What is the efficiency of MIT's organic solar concentrators?

  • Feldoh
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Rocket Lab @ Angles: Predicting Distance of Launch

  • Hellsing834
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Solve Your Spring Problems Now - Expert Help Available

  • dsptl
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How to Calculate Force of Tension and Theta?

  • temaire
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What Is Her Apparent Weight in a Decelerating Elevator?

  • shimizua
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What is the Mass of the Block in a Ballistic Pendulum Collision?

  • johndoe14
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What Is the Acceleration of a Towed Glider?

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Newton's Third Law hot air balloon

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Required torque to accelerate a disk of a certain mass

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Measurement of g with a free falling plummet

  • bravehart
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Throwing a Coin: Calculating the Distance

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Solving the Centre of Mass Shift When Ice Melts

  • ritwik06
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Roulette ball trajectory (after impact)

  • Alin
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Magnetic Field and potential difference

  • strawberrysk8
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How does doubling the bow force affect the arrow's exit speed?

  • Nivlac2425
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Kinetic Friction & Accelerating Crate: Unraveling the Mystery

  • healthfreak
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Maximum torque on an electric motor

  • Dione
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How Do Current and Voltage Divide in Different Branches of a Circuit?

  • Ithryndil
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Relative Motion of a hockey player

  • wallace13
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Determining Maximum bending moment via shear force diagram

  • Tom McCurdy
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2D Motion with a missle/engines

  • wallace13
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How Long Does It Take for a Patrol Car to Catch a Speeder?

  • kinematics23
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Pivoting Cylinder Homework: Find Angular Acceleration

  • gonzalo12345
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Need Help on an Elastic Potential Energy Problem on an incline

  • portuwhat
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Elevator going down and you drop a book

  • kmiller
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Help Me Understand: Homework on Tennis Ball Motion

  • whyorwhynot
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Vector Addition using coordinates

  • jumbogala
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Conceptual Projectile Motion Question

  • wallace13
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Solving Physics Problems: A & B

  • bubba640
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How can the impulse of a bouncing ball be calculated?

  • geo321
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What is the Net Force on a Helicopter at 5 Seconds?

  • xmflea
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Need Help Understanding a concept on Buoyancy

  • jason_r
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Inclined Plane Inside an Elevator

  • rwx1606
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Work Done by Spring Homework: -1.2J, -0.52J, -0.26J, 0.52J, 1.2J

  • Spartan Erik
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Find Time: Solving Kinematic Equations for Baseball Motion

  • czlu
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How Is Work Calculated in an Elevator Physics Problem?

  • ctpengage
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What Angle Causes the Fishing Line to Break with a 1.95 kg Ball?

  • finlejb
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What is the acceleration of a pendulum at its maximum deflection?

  • southernbelle
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Finding Position of Simple Harmonic Oscillator

  • Andrusko
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How Does a Charged Glass Ball Polarize a Neutral Metal Foil?

  • bcjochim07
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Parallel Wires: Force per Unit Length Calculation

  • Kris1120
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Calculating Torque on a Circular Loop in an External Magnetic Field

  • Kris1120
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A ball being dropped and bouncing back up?

  • needlottahelp
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How Far Does the Ball Travel After the String Is Cut?

  • Lamnia
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Finding magnetic flux-it's all worked, just have one question

  • crh
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Work Done on Cart on Incline+Rest

  • Spartan Erik
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Velocity, acceleration, displacement

  • rphung
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How High Above the Window Does the Flowerpot Go?

  • eelshaikh
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How much charge will flow from the battery?

  • gillyr2
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Creating a Position vs. Time Graph for a Moving Car

  • swede5670
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Calculate Magnitude of Gravitational Force on One Sphere

  • sugarntwiligh
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Gauss' Law - Sphere with spherical cavity

  • SilverGirl
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A rock is thrown off of a cliff

  • Gustason
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Ideal Spring, Spring Constant, Equilibrium Length

  • Spartan Erik
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What Is Major Jones's Recoil Speed in Zero Gravity?

  • Spartan Erik
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Understanding Zero Slope in Distance & Velocity Graphs

  • Jayman
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Building a car without a mousetrap i'm desperate

  • kailey
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Why can't a uniform electric field be described by E=\frac{kq}{r^2}?

  • temaire
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Ratio between change in Energy(Gravitational Potential)

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