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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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Questions On Security Mirrors Help

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Uncertainty of Photon Measurement & Its Impact on Momentum

  • Gunman
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Need some clarification in regards to trigonometry

  • r6mikey
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Solving Wave Equations with a Wall - Reflection and Amplitude

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Acceleration of blood pumped by heart

  • melinaamos
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Gravity and mass of two objects

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Distance between the object and the lens

  • Libra_girl
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Absorbed dose of nuclear radioactivity

  • planesinspace
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Help would be greatly appreciated

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

  • planesinspace
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Pendulum and Centripetal Motion Question

  • MaZnFLiP
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Solving Work and Energy Questions: Skier of Mass 67kg

  • islanderman7
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Help with Coulomb's Law: Solving for Charges on Identical Spheres

  • Saladsamurai
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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?

  • matador
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Kinetic Energy Ping Pong ball Question

  • islanderman7
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Translating acceleration into distance traveled

  • Spirochete
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Method of Energy Distribution Using Transformers

  • troubleinphys
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Bright and dark fringes between two slits - waves

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

  • allyson6018
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What is the net torque on this object?

  • BrooklynBees
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Monstrous electromagnetism question.

  • Swatje
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Waves: find amplitude, given average power

  • wayfarer
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Two objects connencted - finding KE before one reaches the floor

  • crazyog
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Resolving Distant Objects question

  • fatkat444
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Calculate Electron Flow in 3 Secs

  • mp252
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Kinetic Energy Change with Changing Velocity Directions

  • forty
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Deriving Magnetic Field Through Solenoid Using Amperes Law

  • Jjackson
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Inverse Fourier Transform of Inverse Square Root Function

  • liorda
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Waves - A two-source interference problem

  • fatkat444
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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

  • catie1981
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Calculating Work for Monatomic Gas Expansion

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

  • Saladsamurai
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Help on inclined plane and air resistance.

  • TexasCow
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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?

  • vandorin
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Nuclear Physics - Mass Defect & Binding Energy

  • Kylah
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Electric Field Between Two Charged Particles: Find Zero Point

  • 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

  • crazyog
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How Is Angular Momentum Conserved in a Rotating Square Frame?

  • kidsmoker
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Location where charge is cancelled out

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

  • xraox
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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?

  • scholio
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Finding the center of mass by integration.

  • tfmfyn
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Pendulum - Kinetic Energy at Lowest Point?

  • crazyog
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Calculating Tension in Mass on a Slope with Standing Waves

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

  • nothing123
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Capacitance of parallet plate with dielectric spheres in between

  • amisha
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Problem involving kinetic friction and relative accelerations

  • tfmfyn
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Thermodynamics ice and water bath

  • scholio
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Electrical Circuit Calculations

  • NavitaLaVida
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Conceptual Pressure Question: Fluid Pressure in a U-Tube

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

  • forty
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Ideal Gas Carnot Cycle: Temperature and Entropy Analysis

  • scholio
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Solved: 1982 Physics Problem B - Calculating Tensions in a Crane Hoist System

  • 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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Ideal gas adiabatic/isovolumetric help

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Simple Harmonic Motion Equation with Period and Initial Conditions

  • Ed Aboud
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Did I Draw Longitudinal Waves Correctly for My Physics Exam?

  • Zoheb Imran
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What is the tension in the string immediately above the block?

  • hayowazzup
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Area of Poster Reduced 15.0%: Physics Beginner

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

  • nothing123
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Variable Velocity Vehicle Project

  • OpenLaszlo
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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

  • Zoheb Imran
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How Far Does a Tuning Fork Travel While Emitting Sound Waves?

  • checkmarks
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Concept Question - Electric Potential, and Electric Fields

  • DMac
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Buoyant Force Conceptual Question

  • mantillab
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What is the Relationship Between Pressure and Depth in the Ocean?

  • mantillab
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How Does Raising Arms or Leg Amputation Affect the Center of Mass?

  • thegirlchild
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