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Measuring and container math problem

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Average speed and velocity for a horse moving away then back toward trainer

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How much rain fell on a 5 km × 9 km city with 1.1 cm rainfall?

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Collision of bullet with mass hung from tree

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Force exerted by tabletop on incline with sliding block

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How do I determine the support reactions in a method of joints truss?

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Calculating the mass and number of atoms of a structural I beam.

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Is acceleration zero at the top of a ball's trajectory?

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Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem question

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Optics question: What two positions of a lens gives a sharp image?

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How Does Wave Propagation Time Relate to Cable Length and Gravity?

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Calculating the mass and number of atoms of a structural I beam

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Fun Car Physics Problem. I swear it's wicked fun

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AP Physics Summer work problems

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What is the Terminal Voltage of a Battery?

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Question-Electrostatics-Point charge and uncharged plate

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Electric field and force from two point charges on a third charge

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Current from magnetic configuration

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Electormagnitics Quests relating coaxil cables and other

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Calculating Main Sequence Lifetime.

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Is my solution correct? About momentum

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How Do Hinges Affect the Horizontal Force on a Door?

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Magnetic field between two parallel vertical wires 12 cm apart

  • shanie
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Segment and joint angles problem.

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AP Physics: Solving Average Acceleration Problem

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Estimate the binding energy of the H2 molecule

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Finding Index of Refraction (n) Using θi and θr

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Trouble with drawing vector diagrams.

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Archer fish projectile motion launch angle inconsistency

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Does the speed of sound depend only on temperature?

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When will two ships collide in reference frame of Earth?

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Which of position, distance, and displacement are vectors?

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Drawing equipotential contour map from voltage profile

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Finding launch angles for projectile passing through a point

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How Many Electrons Needed to Balance Gravitational Force Between Two Balls?

  • devanlevin
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Where Is the Electric Field Zero in This Dipole Setup?

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How Is Tension Calculated in a Pendulum with Varying Angles?

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Spaceship roundtrip to 8 light years away in one year of ship time

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Calculating the Speed of a Moving Ship in Special Relativity

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Tossing an item up a slope, calculating it's length from start to landing

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Relative velocity and Michelson Morley experiment

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Power needed to accelerate a chain.

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Net force, resistance, and work in a box being dragged at constant velocity

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What fraction of a centimeter equals 1.0 micrometers

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Converting kilometers to micrometers

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Why does a mass fall 2mg/k on a spring, not mg/k?

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Energy Conservation in Oscillatory Motion

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Application of Aristotle with free fall

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Change in momentum of railcart when ball bounces off wall

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Projectile Motion, find max height, TWO POSSIBLE ANSWERS?

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What Are the Possible Frequencies of Oscillations for a Clamped String?

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Calculating Coefficient of Static Friction in Simple Harmonic Motion

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Why Is the Tension in the Rope Not Matching the Book's Calculation?

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Conservation of Momentum in Moving Buckets of Water

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SHM question with no other details

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Double-slit experiment with radio towers

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How Do You Solve a Projectile Motion Problem with Calculus?

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Calculating Electric Force and Distance Between Two Charges

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Calculating Electric Force Between Charges in a Dielectric Medium

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Acceleration of 80kg vs 65kg mass with 7.5HP go-kart

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What is the Maximum Mass M That Can Be Balanced on Two Wedges Without Slipping?

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Radiation intensity and distance?

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Solv'g Displacement Diff for 2 Points w/ 30 Deg. Phase Diff Given f, v

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How Does a Car Door's Angular Velocity Change as It Slams Shut?

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Voltage at Halfway Point Between Point Charges in an Equilateral Triangle

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Radius of light circle from underwater point source at 0.525 m depth

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Magnetic moment of an orbitting charge

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Simple pendulum, det the change of its period?

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Projectile motion in inclined planes?

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VCE Physics 2006 Exam Q3: Transistor Questions

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How Does Switching a Magnetic Field Affect Coil Flux and Induced Current?

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Spring Kinematics and Electricity/magnetism properties.

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Body dropped from tower travels half distance in last second

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Motorcycle Velocity Difference and Acceleration Problem

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Solved It: How I Fixed a Complex Problem

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Pin frame BCFGD with 20 kN vertical load at C and 10 kN horizontal load at D

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Velocity of air in compressed air tube

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Air Wedge radius of the wire Problem

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Interpreting displacement-time graph with positive and negative slopes

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Angular Diameter of Sun: Radius, Area, and Power

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Horizontal displacement for projectile at 50 m/s and 45 degrees

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Does external charge affect the electric field on a Gaussian surface?

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Strength of a magnetic field around a wire with current

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Calculating Resolution of Space Camera for Imaging Earth

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Induced EMF in a shrinking conducting loop

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How long does it take for the dart to travel the length of the barrel?

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Asteroid in a circular orbit about the Sun

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What Is the Maximum Speed of a Trebuchet's Payload?

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How Does Electron Drift Speed Affect Current Flow in Copper Wires?

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Contraction of spring colliding with balls

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