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Motion of a system that has two masses and three pulleys

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Relationship between Excess Pressure and Surface Tension for a Drop on a Fibre

  • Raihan amin
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Motion of masses connected by a string over a pulley

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What are the uncertainty values for my corrected magnitudes?

  • Thomas Smith
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How Do Dot Products Reflect Vector Projections?

  • Pochen Liu
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Load resistance in voltage regulator

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Calculating Work for Launching a Spacecraft to a Great Distance from Earth

  • solarcat
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Advice on calculating the determinant for 3x3 Matrix by inspection

  • SubZer0
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A question regarding energy and momentum conservation

  • jehwig0107
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Correct statement about perfectly elastic collision

  • songoku
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Find the Velocity given Magnetic field and Magnetic Force

  • MedEx
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Rolling Marble + Air resistance = Displacement?

  • Jonathan1218
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Energy needed to penetrate each object

  • PhysicS FAN
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Charge Between two conductors & The Method of Image Charges

  • Othman0111
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Finding the current and voltage for each resistor

  • prescripted
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Describe the position of a pulley attached to a sling

  • Jeroen Staps
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How proportional action is produced in a pneumatic controller

  • David Deal
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Retarded time calculations: Electrodynamics

  • WWCY
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How many crates can you load in a minute with different average power outputs?

  • grooveactiva
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Finding the tension in the thread

  • JKhim
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What is the magnitude of the average force?

  • JeSs_W
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Does the angle of the slope matter in these cases? Why/not?

  • grooveactiva
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A fluid mechanics problem -- Shape of a falling water drop

  • LordGfcd
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Find the magnetic field given I, t, Hall EMF, and G_s

  • lumealume
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Defining Variables for Data Analysis in a Lab Experiment

  • CptXray
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Projectile motion -- Maximum range it can travel inside a 2m tunnel

  • rashida564
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Conceptual check: Newton's third law

  • Callista
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Physics kinematics problem (not homework, but my own)

  • grooveactiva
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Acceleration: 3 people walk toward each other

  • Raghav Agarwal
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Why doesn't Newtons third law also apply to the frame?

  • Callista
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Question about Intuition of Inductor

  • Master1022
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Things to talk about in a Polarization Write-up

  • authoriseddiplidocus
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What if check: Am I calculating tension wrong?

  • Callista
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How do I determine the uncertainty value of the star's absolute magnitude?

  • Thomas Smith
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Finding the POSITION of the center of mass

  • jigsaw21
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Charge induced on parallel plates if a charge between plates

  • Rakesh Kumar Jaiswal
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Capacitance vs. Inverse Distance Graph's Slope

  • Ayda
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Find the Moment about the ankle

  • jweica
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Finding the Current in a Resistor in a Closed Circuit

  • MedEx
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Could someone help with this steady state capacitors questio

  • Jonah765
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I need to calculate the equivalent resistance

  • SaiTatter
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Calculate the radius of this rotating wheel

  • MisterP
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Kinetic energy and velocity of electron after compton scatte

  • DeathByKugelBlitz
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Why did I get this angular momentum problem wrong?

  • dangerboyy
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How can I calculate the number of photons with this data?

  • HazyMan
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Calculating Pump Power for Well Water Removal

  • Akash47
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How Long Does It Take for a Boomerang to Return?

  • caters
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Bungee jumping and Conservation of energy

  • solarcat
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Solving 8.62: Frictionless Stick in Morin's Classical Mechanics

  • Abhishek11235
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Interference fringe pattern on a thin cut cylinder slice

  • Anurag98
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Work Done by Gravity and Tension in a Pulley System

  • solarcat
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How to measure the magnification of a microscope in the lab

  • JulioHC
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How Do You Solve This Capacitor Problem with Aluminum Electrodes?

  • RED119
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Refractive Index: Speed of Light in Medium vs Vacuum

  • Sarrah
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Magnetic Field required to hold a loop in static equilibrium

  • mmest
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What logical error am I making? (solving for T)

  • Callista
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How Does Pressure Vary in an Open Tube?

  • Kara4566
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How Does Coil Configuration Affect Solenoid Inductance?

  • Rayanna
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Problem involving energy/motion

  • Curtiss Oakley
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Altitude - Why is it a Scalar?

  • ELLE_AW
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What angles produce a net torque of 1250 Nm on an angled arm?

  • draupe
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Uncertainty of measurements & significant figures

  • ELLE_AW
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How to find distance between 2 charges, with no force given?

  • Blooper
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Initial velocity for soccer ball through two holes in walls

  • CalebRJ01
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Calculate Linear Acceleration of 0.5kg Mass Suspended from Flywheel

  • kelvin scott
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How to Derive the Coefficient of Friction from Time and Acceleration?

  • Mille89
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Area under a frequency vs wavelength graph?

  • JosephTraverso2
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Question regarding supernovae shock breakout

  • Physics Dad
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AP Physics 1 collision with inelastic then elastic collision

  • Zulu2018
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Calculating Speed on an Incline Using the Law of Conservation of Energy

  • rob stevenson
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Using Integrals to Calculate the Rotational Energy of Earth

  • matai
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Do I exert a force on the moon?

  • KingAlexander211B
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How Does Heat Affect the Motion of a DIY Stirling Engine's Wheel?

  • Isolde Wilde
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A simple question about non-inertial Frames of Reference

  • Singalo
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Boat with Friction: CoM / Minimum Time Problem

  • quark002
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Radius of curvature of the trajectory of points A and B

  • Davidllerenav
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Potential across a conducting sphere surrounded by an insulator

  • arturo
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Solve simple nonlinear equations in the form [A]x=b

  • matthewjames812
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When current flow reach indeterminate form

  • rajeshmarndi
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Calculating Forces on a Motorcycle Riding in a Transparent Sphere

  • solarcat
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Where can you not see a satellite

  • solarcat
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What happens to a light photon when it hits glass?

  • askbbj
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How to Determine the Work Done by the Rope on a Sledge?

  • Romain Nzebele
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Understanding Free Body Diagrams: Explaining the Forces on a Compressed Board

  • Romain Nzebele
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Combining Multiple Rules for Error Propagation

  • ELLE_AW
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Ohmmeter question -- Measuring a 2-resistor circuit

  • Kenny555
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Equilibrium problem with 5 unknowns

  • SubZer0
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How Do You Derive the Constraint Equation for a Disc Rolling Along a Parabola?

  • QuantumDuality
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Why can't Baron Münchhausen pull himself out of a swamp by his hair?

  • Davidllerenav
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Potential Energy of a Finite Proton

  • Interdimensional
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Induced charge in image problem

  • Kaguro
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How Does Torque Apply to a Rotating Rod on a Frictionless Surface?

  • Ethidium
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How come "terminal velocity" and "final velocity" are different?

  • Ted goldmund lee
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Current produced by photolectrons

  • Oliver321
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Rocket: conservation of momentum

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Force exerted by a deflecting water jet

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