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Tension in Rope: Truck Towing 1T Car Up Hill

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Ground state of 7 electrons in infinite square well

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Light - Thin Film interference

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Parallel Plate Capacitors Being Separated

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Calculating Lift Force and Air Resistance in a Moving Helicopter

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Calculating Change in Charge Density for a Parallel-Plate Capacitor

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Solving Complex Exponentials: Deduce & Explain Relation w/ Vector Diagram

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How Does Acceleration Affect Pendulum Frequency?

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Momentum of Photon with Energy of 2500000 Ergs: 8.3*10^-10 J*s/m

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At what angle should the gun be aimed to hit the target?

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The last static equilibrium problem.

  • akan
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Answer Check for kinematic in 2-d

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Projectile Motion: Calculating Flight Time and Initial Speed

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Calculating Force and Velocity of a Launched Water Balloon

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Solve Relativity Questions: Spacetime Coordinates in Reference Frames

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Circular Curve of a Highway problem

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How Do You Calculate the Equations of Motion for a Skydiver with Drag?

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Kinetic and static frictional forces

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How Do I Solve These Four Physics Motion Problems?

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How Much Runway Does a Jet Need for Takeoff?

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Max and min speed around banked curve

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Path Coordinates and constant circular acceleration.

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How Do Charges Distribute in Series vs. Parallel Circuits?

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Tricky Kinematics: Projectile Motion in 2D

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What Inclination Angle Causes a Car to Slide Downhill at Constant Velocity?

  • CaptainSFS
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Uniform circular motion equation

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Frictionless Ski Jump at an angle

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Circular motion (Newton's 3 Laws)

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How Does Ramp Angle Affect the Maximum Height Reached by a Block?

  • girlsnguitars
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What is the charge on the droplet?

  • ally1h
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Simple harmonic motion , Particle

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Calculate Swing Length of Ballistic Pendulum | 25-gm Bullet at 300m/sec

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Determining Speed & Angle of Raindrops Relative to Ground

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Vibration Platform: Find Frequency for Rock Clatter

  • gonzalo12345
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How Does Frictionless Slope Affect Acceleration?

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Equations of linear motion in terms of films

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What Acceleration Is Needed for Ion Deflection in Cancer Treatment?

  • monkey888888
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Solving Flow Rate Problem to Increase Pipe Diameter by 5.3

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What is the role of dimensional analysis in solving physics equations?

  • mjolnir80
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Electric Field in Gaussian Spheres: Equilibrium and Charge Distribution

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Electric Field Inside a Cylindrical Gaussian Surface: Exploiting Symmetry

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How Does Gauss's Law Explain Net Flux in Electric Fields?

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Mass flowing through fluid at constant velocity

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How Does Friction Affect Spring Motion on a Rough Surface?

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Calculating Flux for a Uniform Electric Field at an Angle

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Forces on a Door Homework: Solution Attempt

  • Darkalyan
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Maximum angle of rolling without slipping.

  • synth
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Easy question that I'm not getting?

  • dominus96
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What Is the Relative Velocity of Two Colliding Planets?

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Parallel RLC circuit: find resonant frequency and Input at that frequency

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Calculating Elevator Acceleration and Velocity?

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How Does the Speedometer Reading Change as an Object Falls?

  • missie
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Resultant Magnitude of Two Forces

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Terminal velocity of a body of mass

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Refraction 2: Is Larger Angle Refraction Possible?

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Magnitude of the Sum of Vectors

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Finding charge based on net force and other charges

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Solving Gravity: Initial Velocity & Time

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Internal Resistance: Solving for Battery Emf 9.30 V and Load 60.0 Ω

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How Does a Pulley System Affect Tension on an Inclined Plane?

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Can You Solve These Challenging Physics Problems?

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How do Newton's Laws relate to friction and inclined ramps?

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Radii for a circular path of a proton.

  • Lance WIlliam
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Capacitance, switches, and lightbulbs oh my

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Determining Force of Fb: Homework Statement

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Visualize Horizontal Motion: Draw Diagram & Graphs

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A problem that has force, friction on an incline

  • musicfairy
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Acceleration in 1 dimension (Conceptual)

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Finding the electric field magnitude in a parallel plate compacitor.

  • nemisisnik
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Cop A Catches Thief: Time to Catch & Calculation

  • Sakha
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Four trains coupling - find speed of resulting train

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Discovering Force: Acceleration with a Meter Stick at 30° Angle

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Acceleration of System of Objects w/ m1=10kg, m2=20kg

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What Is the Correct Magnetic Field Strength at the Surface of a Wire?

  • Lance WIlliam
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Is My Solution to This Force/Friction Physics Problem Correct?

  • musicfairy
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How Do You Calculate the Damping Coefficient of a Pendulum in Water?

  • math111
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Is the Force in r = a cos(wt) i + b sin(wt) j Conservative?

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Satelite Tracking: Solving My Career Advancment Puzzle

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Solving Physics Homework: Find Acceleration & Tension

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How is Tension Distributed in a Massless Pulley System?

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Floating speck of dust with charge

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Help with a kinematics question

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Elevator Problem w/ app. Weight

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Kinematics - free fall/projectile

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Force / elastic potential energy of a rubber band

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Mass and speed of (current) electrons

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How far does the particle travel?

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Yet another static equilibrium problem.

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Push a Block against a Wall- Static Friction

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How to Solve a Tough Concept Question: Rifle Aiming Experiment

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Speed of ship as fraction of speed of light

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Physics homework help, how to set up problem

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Stopping Distance of a Locomotive with Failed Engine and Brakes

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What is the solution to the garden cart torque problem?

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