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Spring balance readings with objects on a frictionless incline

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Pellet and hot air balloon collision altitudes

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Does a Decreasing Magnetic Field Induce Conventional Current?

  • learning_phys
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Can you solve this unexpected projectile explosion problem?

  • matematikawan
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Kinematics equation which is Y = vt+ 1/2gt^2

  • kmikias
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Calculating Time and Distance in a Kinematics Train Problem

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The Gravitational Force and the distance from the earth

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Finding the Height of a Gondola Ski Lift Using Trigonometry

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How High Was the Stone When It Started Falling?

  • joe215
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Calculating Height from Acceleration and Distance: A Ball Drop Experiment

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Acceleration graph for a girl jumping on a trampoline

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Electrical Energy Storage, Capactor, Battery, Motor

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Physics Rotating Disk, Moment of Inertia, Angular Momentum, Angular Velocity

  • Darkalyan
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Simple but unsure, compound questions

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Calculating Slide Distance on an Inclined Surface with Friction

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Why Does a Thin Cylindrical Shell Share the Same Moment of Inertia as a Hoop?

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Time for wrecking ball to fall to ground given halfway time

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Potential difference and electron speed

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Normal force and acceleration of 7 kg block on 20° frictionless incline

  • maniacp08
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How Fast Does a Block Travel on a Frictionless Surface After 3.7 Seconds?

  • BrettL789123
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Planck's constant from photoelectric effect with potassium

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Kinematics Problem with gravity, and possibly varying force?

  • Darkalyan
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Finding the shortest possiblee travel time

  • dotfortun3
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Magnitude of Average Acceleration

  • jets29
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Equation for work of a reversible isothermal compression

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What is the Electrostatic Force on Particle 3 in a Triangular Configuration?

  • jmckennon
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Friction between two bodies (theoretical situation)

  • limorgav
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At what time do the two stones reach the same height?

  • blueskadoo42
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What Is the Instantaneous Velocity at t=3.0 s?

  • BeckyStar678
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Does Changing Velocity Direction Affect Acceleration and Speed?

  • BeckyStar678
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Speedboat slowing to reach a buoy 100m ahead

  • Husker70
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Solving Tangential Speed at Daytona Beach FL

  • ERAUin08
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Design experiment testing Bernoulli's principle with wing thickness or angle

  • OhyesOhno
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How Does Changing Mass Flow Rate or Diameter Affect Reynolds Number?

  • cheertcc101
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Force Problem, Fuzzy Dice hanging from a rearview mirror

  • cmsoccer21
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How many hours for a snail to travel 1.00 km at 5.25 cm/min?

  • lettertwelve
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Motion in one dimension- Find acceleration and original velocity

  • Xen
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Is the Normal Force Component in Superelevated Curves the Centripetal Force?

  • fluidistic
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The Effect of Force on a Spring-Mass System

  • sri.karmarkar
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Equilibrium force problem torque

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Finding launch angle and speed from maximum height and range

  • darealprince
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DNA strand stretching with spring constant and elastic energy

  • girlinterrupt
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Maximum distance from wall before beam slips with friction

  • gnsdraw
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Finding the intersection of a plane

  • clickcaptain
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Finding launch angle and speed from height and range

  • gamacmua
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Convection equation thermodynamics

  • yossup
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I can't seem to understand 1d motion.

  • jllorens
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Solve Wheatstone Bridge Circuit: Voltage B-D

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Calculate Net Accelerating Force on 2400kg Truck with 15s 400m Run

  • pat666
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Determining Particle Acceleration in Uniform Electric Field

  • mzmad
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Kinematics no number solution question issue

  • mrjoe2
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Hello me im new to physics and dont know what to do

  • NewStudent101
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Motion problem when acceleration is constant

  • brsullivan
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What Is the Speed of an Arrow at the Top of Its Flight?

  • mochilili
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Calculating Weight of Collar in Equilibrium with Spring Force

  • 838
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Harmonic motion of the dipole?

  • StephenDoty
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Displacement of minute hand tip from 8:00 to 8:20 and 8:00 to 9:00

  • cedwar71
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Thinnest MgF2 film for strong reflection at 680 nm

  • mithraz87
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Simple gravity question no math involved

  • nivush1991
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Train acceleration and braking distance problem, plus car race overtaking

  • Prometheos
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Projectile and gravitation problem

  • fluidistic
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Non-constant acceleration kinematics

  • blackrose75
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Acceleration due to gravity of two objects

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Forces on elevator passenger with varying acceleration

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Thermodynamics - hot item placed in water

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Two Dimensional Kinematics Question

  • ayreia
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The Law of Conservation of Momentum

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Electric Field Problem and simple pendulum

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Predict value of g from displacement equation

  • cb3930
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Minimum speed for ramp jump at 10 degree takeoff angle

  • endeavor
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What is the gravitational Field?

  • grouchy
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How to Solve a Long Jumper's Kinematics Problem?

  • kmikias
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One Dimensional Kinematics of Object

  • dbzheir
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I with a distance problem involving constant acceleration

  • science_rules
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How much time elapses before the stone hits the ground?

  • D4b34r5
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Solving for Time: Dropped Pop Can Reaches the Ground

  • powerxranger1
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Insulator Conductor Concept Question

  • StephenDoty
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Dimensionally corect equation ?

  • star20
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Motion Calculations. Does the child catch the truck problem.

  • powerxranger1
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Tension in two cords supporting a 10kg mass at 30 and 45 degrees

  • xCanx
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Finding the voltage at node C in a circuit

  • wiz0r
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What angle should a long jumper jump at?

  • mahtab
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Resultant force from two perpendicular forces F1 and F2

  • mahtab
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What are the dimensions of angles?

  • mahtab
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[111] Throw-up problem - Launch/freefall

  • WPCareyDevil
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A320 Jetliner- Takeoff distance.

  • Phoenixtears
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How Do You Calculate Vector Components on an Inclined Plane?

  • possum30540
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Harmonic motion through a ring of charge

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Jetliner displacement magnitude and angles from LA

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Minimum muzzle velocity for a 7.2 g lead bullet to melt on impact

  • yossup
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Vector notation. just an explanation

  • Jbright1406
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Problem Physics I : gravitation

  • fluidistic
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Measurement uncertainty question

  • Sheneron
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How Do Crumple Zones Affect Impulse and Force in Crash Tests?

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Conducter in a Parallel Capacitor

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