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What Happens to Your Kinetic Energy on a Continuously Moving Ski Lift?

  • bphysics
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How Is Kinetic and Potential Energy Balanced in Harmonic Motion?

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Solve Cycling Force Problem: Mass, Resistance, Speed, Distance

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Body moving on an ellipse; find velocity, acceleration

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What is the uncertainty in this result?

  • looi76
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Spring Homework: Calculating Energy Stored

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Deriving Relativistic Density Formula Using Mass and Volume

  • t.mil
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What is the resistance of the wire and its uncertainty?

  • looi76
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Problem Involving Momentum & Collision

  • Pat2666
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Kinetic theory and temperature in gases

  • Ifailphysics
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Quantum Physics, find the commutator

  • Antti
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Gauss' Law and an infinite sheet

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Plate Capacitors (Velocity selector)

  • yahoo32
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GCSE Additional physics - NEED HELP =D

  • olliebellamy
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What is the depth x of the oil?

  • looi76
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What is the formula for solving a simple energy problem?

  • format22
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Easy Drag Experiments: Materials and Methods for Beginners

  • jerz211
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Why Are My Calculations for Particle Velocity So Inconsistent?

  • Brewer
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What Is the Dielectric Constant of Oil in a Capacitor?

  • scholio
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Gaussian infinite sheet, electric field

  • scholio
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Guassian infinite sheet and charge with kinetic energy

  • scholio
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How Do You Calculate the Activity of Cobalt-60 in Radiation Therapy?

  • cookie13
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Gaussian infinite line charge, find force

  • scholio
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Orbit Equation Simplification: Solving for Period and Radius

  • Davasaurous
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Elephant in the way kinetic energy problem.

  • Bob Loblaw
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Capacitor energy with dielectric partially inserted and removed

  • odd_concept
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Calculating Electric Field of Concentric Spheres

  • yahoo32
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Keplerian Motion: Zero Mass Particle Falling from Infinity

  • peter456
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Parallel plate capacitor and dielectric

  • scholio
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Problem Involving The Conservation Of Energy

  • Pat2666
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How Do You Determine the Constant b in an Electric Field Using Gauss' Law?

  • catie1981
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Electric potential & potential difference

  • Indeed
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Electric field as a function - potential

  • scholio
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Electric field as a function, find potential diff

  • scholio
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Two trains headed toward each other

  • goaliejoe35
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How Far Above the Ground Is a Falling Rock 1.2 Seconds Before Impact?

  • goaliejoe35
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Electrical field outside spherical shell

  • glederfein
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Solving Pulley on a Table Problem with Mass A & B

  • levi2613
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MCAT Passage: Inelastic Collision

  • mrlucky0
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Weight Change at Mount Everest Summit

  • Crosshash
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How do you write in scientific notation ?

  • Rudipoo
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Calculate Work for 50 V Capacitor w/ 0.001 Coulombs Charge

  • scholio
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Answer: Diagrams of Ammeters: Finding Correct Current Measurement

  • clope023
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Calculate Acceleration and Tension in a 2-Crate System | General Dynamics

  • Eric [Tsu]
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What is the Final Potential Across Capacitors with Dielectric Oil?

  • scholio
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Understanding Seek Steering Behavior in Autonomous Characters

  • Metro_Mystery
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Electromagnetism, calculate electron charge/mass ratio

  • Antti
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Work done to increase the charge on capacitor

  • scholio
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Discover How to Find Sin and Cos of Any Angle Without a Calculator

  • StephenDoty
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Kinematics Problem on projectile

  • jason_mcc
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Where is Point B on a Sinusoidal Wave?

  • magisbladius
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Does plywood follow hooke's law

  • Amy54
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Calculating Wavelength Using Diffraction Grating

  • GelatinGhost
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How do astronomers use photodectors

  • a.a
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Question regarding the Moon and Earth and height and weight

  • .NoStyle
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Motion of a disc with a particle

  • rock.freak667
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Equations for Calculating Momentum in Pole Vaulting Collisions

  • StephenDoty
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Find Potential Difference from Frequency & KE

  • a.a
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Simple velocity of car question

  • StephenDoty
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Hydraulic Brake Fluids: Comparing Liquid X and Y

  • Lilkazei
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Does Relativistic Time Dilation Affect an Astronaut's Pulse Rate?

  • lamerali
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How Far Can Chris Walk on a Cantilevered Beam Without Tipping?

  • TheKovac
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Capacitance and electric potential

  • scholio
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How Do You Calculate the Capacitance of Two Charged Parallel Plates?

  • scholio
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Calculate the total momentum of the photons

  • Air
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Calculating Optimum Angle for Basketball Throw

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How Do You Calculate the Meeting Point of Two Hockey Players on Ice?

  • Eric [Tsu]
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Two point charges, Zero Net Force

  • K3nt70
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Why are low beats more audible than high beats

  • brandy
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What Does 860g @ 50 Degrees North of East Look Like on a Graph?

  • .NoStyle
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Doubling Period and Amplitude: Object's Maximum Speed

  • yahoo32
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Acceleration Position vs. Time Graph

  • Anony-mouse
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Finding charges using electric field and distance

  • scholio
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Circular Motion | Tension Ratios

  • Rowshan
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What is the significance of the other answer in the quadratic formula?

  • WardenOfTheMint
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Equation of motion of particle in gravitational field

  • Gebar
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What is the Impact Velocity of a Stone Thrown from the Top of the ESB?

  • croatia_guy
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How Do You Calculate Harmonics in a Flute?

  • yahoo32
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Using the superposition principle

  • Edwardo_Elric
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What is the force of a shotgun blast?

  • HappyEngineer
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Find Approx Wavelength of Titanium Kbeta X-Rays

  • negatifzeo
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Moment of inertia flywheel problem

  • DWill
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Pressure on walls of granite shaft

  • peri
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Velocity needed to complete a loop

  • Numzie
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Solving Two Lenses In A Row Homework Problem

  • kkrizka
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Solving River Crossing: Angle for Boat Rowing Across River

  • totororain
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Solving for X: pCosX & pSinX Equations

  • DeanBH
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Particle dynamics on a cosine path.

  • gilgtc
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What is Saturn's Mass Using Kepler's Laws and Moon Data?

  • AnkhUNC
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What is the frequency of a photon of energy 58eV?

  • bruinboy28
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