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Tortoise vs. Hare Race: Length of Race Solved

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What Speed Is the Bat Catching Up to Its Prey?

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What is the breakdown of electric power sources in Salem, MA?

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Does anybody know the answer to this physics problem?

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Calculate objects Position/acceleration as function of time

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Vector 2B - Vector A (graphical method)

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Calculating Normal Force of Log on Bullfrog

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Thermal Expansion of a gold ring

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Block of ice on frictionless surface

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Astronaut Problem: 68kg Force at 12 Acceleration

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How Do You Calculate the Final Velocity of a Skydiver?

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What Is the Value of n in the Gas Law Equation for a Given Process?

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Hammer + Nail forces Will answer in response

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Truck Parked on 15° Slope: A 4000 Perspective

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Is the Tension Zero When Pulling a Box Up an Incline?

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Finding coefficient of kinetic friction from car braking distance

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Photons emitted from a light bulb problem

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What is the height of the cliff?

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Largest slit width with no minima in single slit diffraction

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Magnitude and direction of the resultant.

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Electric field at center of hole in charged spherical shell

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How Is Phase Difference Calculated Between Two Sound Waves?

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Kinematics Constant Acceleration

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Halfway done Force/Friction Problem

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How Do You Solve Motion and Collision Problems in Grade 12 Physics?

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Kinematics I think it's right, but the computer says NO

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Time for sun to disappear again after standing up on beach

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What is the Equivalent Resistance of this Messy Circuit?

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Finding distance traveled by 5kg object with friction and applied force

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Understanding Tension: Rope Forces and Equilibrium

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2D Kinematics, airplanes crashing wtf?

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Finding static and kinetic friction coefficients for a box on concrete

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Ball Shot Up Ramp: Magnitude of Displacement

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How Do You Calculate Satellite Travel Times and Orbits?

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What is the minimum distance she can be from the waterfall?

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Electric Field Plastic Rod Problem

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Electric Field and Force of a Charged Particle Near a Stationary Ring

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Electric field between parallel plates of 1 m² separated by 0.01 m

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How Are Superconductors Revolutionizing Maglev Train Technology?

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When will both of the balls be at the same height?

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Find magnitudes of FA and FB for 8.27 kg object with given accelerations

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What Does l Represent in the Equation l/x?

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Calculating Height of an Apartment House from Dropped and Thrown Balloon Data

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How Do Football Patterns Affect Player Displacement and Angles?

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Changing from cartesian to polar

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Will a Rock Thrown Upward Reach the Top of a Castle Wall?

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Non Symetrical Parabola Question

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Mass sliding down an incline plane(with friction)

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Vector velocity calculations giving wrong answers

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How Is Time Calculated for Angle Reduction in Javelin Throw Projectile Motion?

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Finding tensions T1 and T2 in a three block system pulled at 60N

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How Can You Find the Treasure While Avoiding the Dragon?

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Conservation of Angluar Momentun question

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What Is the Time Between Waves Hitting the Boat?

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Struggling to Understand Forces and Acceleration

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Kinematics how high does it go problem. Check

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How to find the angle between F2 and the x axis?

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Relative Velocity of Car B to Car A at Different Speeds

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Units of Calculation: Conversion Questions

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What is the vector force exerted by Particle B on Particle A?

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Find Length of Sun Mass in km: Solving G, c, M Units

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Tennis Lob question Very confusing

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Angular Momentum Conservation Problem

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Do the two balls meet at the halfway point?

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What does the x = 0 notation mean?

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Spring constant, period and max acceleration for 0.2kg mass on spring

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Force exerted at given angle, constant velocty, find weight

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Solve Ball Vector Problem: Distance, Vertical & Horizontal Components

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Refractive index and speed of light

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2D Kinematics I tried so hard

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Do the distance between two dropped balls stay constant?

  • homeworkboy
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Object dropped from plane - where does it land?

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Graphing Motion problem (motion in a straight line)

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How Is the Maximum Temperature of an Otto Cycle Engine Calculated?

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Thermodynamics - efficiency from pv diagram

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Why is the spin of hydrogen atom 1/2 in NMR spectroscopy?

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Speed of projectile after t seconds

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Force exerted by spaceship on astronaut during liftoff from Zuton

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Efficiency of an engine performing the Joule ideal-gas cycle.

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Lightning and Airplanes: Solving a Distance Problem

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Understanding Voltage Drops in RCL Circuits

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Simple Harmonic motion of sand grain

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Finding initial velocity and theta, given range and height

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Projectile motion with a bounce

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Physics car kinematics question

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Is Temperature Twice as Hot as Yesterday?

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Multiple dielectrics in one capacitor

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Net Electric Field between two line charges (different densities)

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Tension in ropes pulling two boxes with 0.6 m/s² acceleration

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How Do You Calculate Tension in a String When Accelerating Upwards?

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