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Bullet embedding in wood with constant deceleration

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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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Finding the Magnitude of a Horizontal Force on a Frictionless Inclined Plane

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What is the resultant displacement of John on the interstate highway?

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Position, velocity, and acceleration vectors

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How Long Before Overhead Should Supplies Be Dropped from a Plane?

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Soap Bubble interference-verify answer

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How to Calculate the Velocity of a Projected Object at Impact?

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How Do You Calculate Specific Heat and Identify Unknown Substances?

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Bureau on rough surface: why kinetic friction, not static?

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Calculating Sound Level from One Firecracker

  • physics1987
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Bullet fired into wooden pendulum: finding initial speed

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Help interpreting speed diagram for kinematics problem

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Solving Physics Force Problems: Finding Resultant Force Components and Magnitude

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Pushing wooden creat - Friction

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Are My Physics Test Answers Correct?

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Time for object to fall on Moon vs Earth with one-sixth gravity

  • Johnny_07
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Frequency of a Standing Wave on a String

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Work and potential in an electric field

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Finding net force on charges on xy plane

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Finding distance traveled by eraser with only initial velocity

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What Forces Are Not Exerted on a Bathroom Scale?

  • Mike Hunt
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Electric Potential Energy of electron orbits

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What is the minimum speed needed for a trout to jump a 2.5 m waterfall?

  • whyorwhynot
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Optics: What is the speed of the sprinter's image?

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Applying Newtons laws ( Equilibrium)

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Average Velocity Graph: Determine its Values

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Force on pulley when rope pulls cart horizontally

  • Jstew
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Kinematics in two dimensions of golf ball

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Calculating Relative Velocity of Grenade in Moving Vehicles

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Find acceleration of the mass immidiately after rope is cut

  • veronicak5678
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Projectile Fired Against A Slope

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Problem solving with forces and friction.

  • Thoven
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How to Solve Vector Problems in Rotated Coordinate Systems

  • iconwin
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What is the maximum gravitational force between two uniform spheres?

  • gmunoz18
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Ball tossed from window at angle below horizontal

  • riafran
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Max radius of falling liquid drop

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A Pickup Truck and a bit of Friction

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Maximum angular frequency for two blocks on a spinning turntable

  • v3lox
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Stupid Stubborn Mule and his Kinetic/Static Friction

  • Phoenixtears
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Setting up impulse and momentum conservation problems

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Calculating Vo for a Basketball Shot at 40 Deg Angle

  • warjunkie
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Circular motion of identical spheres in space

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How Do You Calculate Maximum Velocity and Height for a Rocket Launch?

  • Jimmy Rose
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Finding speed when fish jumps out of water

  • sydneyown
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Height at which objects will collide

  • 05holtel
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I have no clue what the normal force is :-(

  • HelloMotto
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What Factors Influence Acceleration in Non-Uniform Circular Motion?

  • MasterTinker
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Tension between 2 blocks and friction.

  • CaptainSFS
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How to Calculate Average Power and Roller Coaster Speed on the Moon?

  • aforce20
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Physics mechanics kinematics question?

  • fatherlewis
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What is the change in entropy of raspberry jelly during heating?

  • Sheneron
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Energy transferred by paddle wheel in refrigerant thermodynamics problem

  • Saladsamurai
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Photon Momentum Calculation for 25 x 105 erg Energy

  • melissajohn
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AP Physics - Freely Falling Objects

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Swimmer runs off diving board horizontally at 3.63 m/s

  • FlippyBP
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Fluid Dynamics, Buoyancy problem

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How Far Must You Walk to Experience Silence Between Two Phase-Aligned Speakers?

  • Foxhound101
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Forces and Newton's Laws of tension

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Projectile, Range, Maximum Height, Time of Flight Problem

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What Formula Calculates Stopping Distance with Negative Acceleration?

  • missie
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Initial Mass of Oxygen + Mass of Oxygen leaked out

  • ryaneye
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What is the tension in the string for two blocks on a spinning turntable?

  • rgalvan2
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What Wavelengths Create Standing Waves on a 2.0 Meter Stretched String?

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Deriving Equation: g = aave(M + m / m)

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Force exerted by 3 moles of ideal gas on box sides at 24.0°C and 108°C

  • ryaneye
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How Long Does It Take a Skier to Descend a 320m Hill at 2.30 m/s²?

  • soapyshrimp
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Minimum time for a hunter to cross a 1.5 km wide river with a powerboat

  • joe215
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How Do You Calculate the Net Electric Force on a Particle?

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Supposedly Simple, 1-D Motion Question

  • Luca169
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Projectile Question: How Much Vertical Distance Does Ball Clear Crossbar?

  • menesh2002
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Very basic motion law - Newton's 2nd

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What sums to zero in a cyclic thermodynamic process?

  • Saladsamurai
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Location of zero net electric force

  • gnarkil
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Electrical circuits conceptual question

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Electric Circuits, Kirchhoff's Rules

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Energy lost due to dissipation by air drag

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Calculating Final Velocities in a 2-Dimensional Elastic Collision

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Find speed of two objects after collision

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Projectile fired up a slope at angle alpha

  • Kudo Shinichi
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How much water has been lost from a person exercising?

  • kyaat
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Finding R in terms of h for a ball dropped at v with 2D motion?

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Including uncertainties in kenematic equations

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Airplane drops a package (relative motion)

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Solving dv/dt = Bv - Av² for initial acceleration and terminal velocity

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Kinematics - acceleration in a straight line

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Riding a motorcycle on inclined plane

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Vectors and Beyond (two problems)

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What Is the Frictional Force Acting on a 16 kg Mass on an Incline?

  • kmikias
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Projectile on an Incline question

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Interference in light rays due to phase difference

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Calculating Geosynchronous Orbit for a Satellite Around Jupiter's Moon

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Motion on Inclined Plain with Pulley

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What is the Correct Calculation for the Second Force in Vector Notation?

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Newtowns 1st and 2nd laws question.

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