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Solving River Crossing: Angle for Boat Rowing Across River

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Solving for X given pCosX = 6 and pSinX = 5

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Particle dynamics on a cosine path.

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

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

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What is the Angular Width of the First Bright Fringe?

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Solving Calc-Based Physics Problems: Object Position and Velocity at t=2s

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Finding Equilibrium Point Between Two Charges

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How High Are Mesospheric Clouds That Appear 38 Minutes After Sunset?

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Inelastic collision on a frictional surface

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Why do security mirrors in shops use convex mirrors?

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When to use sine vs cosine for x and y force components?

  • r6mikey
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Wave reflection at a wall with fixed boundary condition

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Acceleration of blood pumped by heart

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Gravity and mass of two objects

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Distance between the object and the lens

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Absorbed dose of nuclear radioactivity

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Bullet drop from rifle aimed at 150 m distant target

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Calculating 238U/235U Ratio for Earth's Age

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Pendulum and Centripetal Motion Question

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Solving Work and Energy Questions: Skier of Mass 67kg

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Getting E-Field from magnetic field intensity, H

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Calculate inductance of a system

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Work and Kinetic Energy Question

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Diode in Parallel Circuit: Effects on Current Flow

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Communication problems No forces at some place in universe?

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Kinetic Energy Ping Pong ball Question

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Translating acceleration into distance traveled

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Method of Energy Distribution Using Transformers

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Bright and dark fringes between two slits - waves

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How Do You Calculate the Spring Constant in a Charged Sphere Setup?

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What is the net torque on this object?

  • BrooklynBees
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Kinetic energy of electron ejected by photon from potassium plate

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Monstrous electromagnetism question.

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Waves: find amplitude, given average power

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Two objects connencted - finding KE before one reaches the floor

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Resolving Distant Objects question

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Calculate Electron Flow in 3 Secs

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Kinetic Energy Change with Changing Velocity Directions

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Deriving Magnetic Field Through Solenoid Using Amperes Law

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Inverse Fourier Transform of Inverse Square Root Function

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Waves - A two-source interference problem

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How Fast is the Car Going Based on Passenger Force Components?

  • hayowazzup
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Solved: Calculating Electric Fields from 4 Particles in a Square

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Calculating Work for Monatomic Gas Expansion

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What Is the Mass of the Second Particle and the Magnitude of the Charges?

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Help on inclined plane and air resistance.

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Is Density Affected By Fluid Speed According To Bernoulli's Principle?

  • BrooklynBees
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Could Gravitational Attraction Explain the Bond Between Man and Dog?

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Mass defect calculation for carbon-12

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Where is the electric field zero between two charged particles?

  • catie1981
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Electrostatic force of four charged particles

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Finding a Vertical Force given friction and a horizontal force

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How Is Angular Momentum Conserved in a Rotating Square Frame?

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Location where charge is cancelled out

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How the intensity of light emitted by a lamp varies with wavelengt

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Magnetic/electric particle deflection

  • scholio
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How Do You Calculate the Charges on Two Pieces After a Split?

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Finding the center of mass by integration.

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Pendulum - Kinetic Energy at Lowest Point?

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Calculating Tension in Mass on a Slope with Standing Waves

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How Do Perfectly Inelastic Collisions Lead to Maximum Kinetic Energy Loss?

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Capacitance of parallet plate with dielectric spheres in between

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Centripetal force for a minibus rounding a bend

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Problem involving kinetic friction and relative accelerations

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Thermodynamics ice and water bath

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Electrical Circuit Calculations

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Conceptual Pressure Question: Fluid Pressure in a U-Tube

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Can Knowing All Forces Predict an Object's Movement Direction?

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Ideal Gas Carnot Cycle: Temperature and Entropy Analysis

  • scholio
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Tension in crane cables lifting 500 kg load at 2 m/s²

  • NavitaLaVida
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Why Does UV Light Cause Sunburn But Visible Light Does Not?

  • clarkandlarry
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Solving Voltage/Current in Resistor Circuits

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Simple Harmonic Motion Equation with Period and Initial Conditions

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Longitudinal wave diagram for physics exam

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What is the tension in the string immediately above the block?

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By what percentage does reducing length and width by 15% reduce area?

  • SBains88
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Which action would prevent a fracture in the cyclist?

  • nothing123
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Variable Velocity Vehicle Project

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Electrical Force Decreased by 1/4 When Particles Moved Half as Far Apart

  • weemanbran
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How Many Photons Are Reaching Your Radio When Listening to 100 MHz FM Station?

  • clarkandlarry
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Does a Blackbody at 200K Emit Twice as Much Radiation?

  • clarkandlarry
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Calculating Half-Life: 0.48g to 0.003g

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