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Physics 50 example problems — 89 episodes

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14-51 Tube of Mercury-fluid mechanics

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14-47 Mass of a Planet-fluid mechanics

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14-37 Airplane Wing-fluid mechanics

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14-29 Shower Head-fluid mechanics

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14-25 Wood Floating in Oil-fluid mechanics

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14-7 Gauge Pressure-fluid mechanics

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14-3 Density of Gold-fluid mechanics

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13-33 Cheese on a Spring-simple harmonic motion

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12-9 Gravitational Force Acting on the Moon-gravitation

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11-13 Beam in Equilibrium-equilibrium

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10-63 Block and Cylinder-dynamics of rotational motion

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10-47 Gyroscope-dynamics of rotational motion

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10-33 Power of a Motor-dynamics of rotational motion

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10-19 Falling Yo Yo-dynamics of rotational motion

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10-7 Frictional Torque-dynamics of rotational motion

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10-3 Calculating Torque-dynamics of rotational motion

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10-1 Calculating Torque-dynamics of angular motion

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9-100 Moment of Inertia of a Cone-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-85 Pulley With Inertia-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-63 Speedometer-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-52 Parallel Axis Theorem for a Wheel-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-41 Moment of Inertia of a Wagon Wheel-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-37 Moment of Inertia of a Distribution of Masses-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-29 Drill Speed-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-21 Helicopter Rotor Blades-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-9 Rotating Flywheel-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-5 Instantaneous Angular Velocity-rotation of rigid bodies

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9-1 Angles and Arc Lengths-rotation of rigid bodies

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8-45 Center of Mass-momentum and collisions

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8-39 Head on Elastic Collision-momentum and collisions

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8-35 Speed of a Bullet-momentum and collisions

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8-27 Collision of Two Pucks-momentum and collisions

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8-19 Compressed Spring-momentum and collisions

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8-17 Hip Check-momentum and collisions

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8-1 Momentum of a Truck-momentum and collisions

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Gas Guzzling-work, energy, and power

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Midterm 2 Solutions-fall 2006

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Homework 6 - Design Your Own Rollercoaster - solutions

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7-76 Minimum Speed of a Moving Block-conservation of energy

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7-51 Bungee Jump-conservation of energy

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7-46 Roller Coaster Loop-conservation of energy

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7-41 Legal Physics-work and energy

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7-33 Energy Diagram for Hydrogen-work and energy

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7-29 Friction on a Book-work and energy

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7-15 Energy in a Spring-work and energy

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7-2 Lifting a Sack of Sugar-work and energy

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6-45 a Tandem Bike-work and energy

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6-33 Compressing a Spring-work and energy

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6-14 Throwing a Rock-work and energy

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6-3 Reeling in a Fish-work and energy

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HW 5 Rides and Elevators-application of newtons laws

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Atwoods Machine-application of newtons laws

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5-85 Blocks and Pulleys-application of newtons laws

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5-43 Swinging Stone-application of newtons laws

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5-30 Cat on a Block-application of newtons laws

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5-21 Free Body Diagrams of Blocks-application of newtons laws

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5-19 Apparent Weight-application of newtons laws

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5-13 Tethered Blocks-application of newtons laws

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5-7 Wrecking Ball in Equilibrium-application of newtons laws

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5-3 Hanging From a Rope-application of newtons laws

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HW 4 solutions - Highway of Perilous Death-circular motion

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Midterm 1 Solutions-fall 2006

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4-28 Tow Rope-newons laws

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4-25 Pendulum on a Train-newtons laws

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4-23 Acceleration of the Earth-newtons laws

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4-22 Woman in Elevator-newtons laws

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4-9 Box on Ice-newtons laws

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4-4 Block on a Plane-newtons laws

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Human Trebuchet-projectile motion

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3-21 Carnival Game-projectile motion

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3-12 Jumping Off a Cliff-projectile motion

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HW2 San Jose Grand Prix-1d kinematics

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2-95 Catching the Bus-1D kinematics

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2-45 Throwing a Water Balloon-1d kinematics

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2-39 Jumping Flea-1d kinematics

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2-33 Trip to the Moon-1d kinematics

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2-27 Acceleration of a Car-1D motion with constant acceleration

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2-23 Automobile Airbags-1d kinematics

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2-21 Running Antelope-1d kinematics

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2-19 Spider Crawl-1d kinematics

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HW1 The Flying Fox-vector manipulation

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1-12 Percent Error in a Year-unit conversion

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1-7 Speed of the Concorde-unit conversion

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1-54 Vector Cross Products-vector review

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1-50 Vector Dot Products-vector review

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1-39 Vector Addition by Components-vector review

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1-32 Graphical Addition of Vectors-vector review

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1-97 The Big Dipper-vector manipulation

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Vector Example-Vector Components