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Junior in High School Honors Physics Bumper Project

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Egg experiment (increase time of collision)

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Instantaneous (Midpoint)/Average Velocity?

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Speed to expel water for squid to reach 2.50 m/s escape velocity

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Radiation Pressure of 75 Watt Bulb at 8 cm

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Find its moment of inertia about its axis of symmetry

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Moment of inertia for a solid disk with mass and radius

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Induced voltages and step-up transformers

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River Current Speed: 2m/s or 4m/s?

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How is kinetic energy related to momentum in a spring-mass system?

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What is the Average Flow Rate in a Room with Circular Ducts?

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Simple frictional forces and forces on boxes

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Billiard ball collision with change in direction

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What is the Centripetal Acceleration of a Car on a Circular Curve?

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What Are the Solutions to These 2D Motion Problems?

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Why is the change in mechanical energy zero after pushing a crate?

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Velocity of Ball on a Decline Ramp

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Angular Position: t=0s, t=3.07s

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Work and Energy Block on incline problem

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Kinetic Energy of a flat uniform disk

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Calculate EMF: 3.25 ohm, 440 mH, 3.00 A, 3.60 A/s

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Forces- two pulleys w. diff accelerations

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Two Slit Interference Question =] Thanks

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Air glider question and air resistance

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Simple harmonic motion pendulum ( only given length and release angle)

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How Do You Calculate Vehicle Speeds After a Collision?

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Finding tension in a rope or cable

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How Does Coulomb's Law Explain the Movement of a Cobweb?

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Is It Easier to Use Mass Units for Calculating Kinetic Energy?

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Static Equilibrium Experiment: Calculations and Analysis | P182A-10.042

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Solving Kinetic Energy of Block After Bullet Passes Through

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Skier on a sphere problem involving conservation of energy

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Auxiallry Field in a Coaxial Cable

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What is the length of Joe's image in the mirror?

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Vehicle deceleration with friction: two different answers

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Equivalent force-couple system (conceptual)

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Calculating Satellite Orbit Height Above Earth's Surface

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Finding values of x where the infinite geometric series converge

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Three Cylinders (rotational kinematics)

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Maximum force exerted by floor?

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EGG drop with elastic potential energy.

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Free Fall Trajectory? Simple answer

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How Do You Calculate Force and Acceleration on an Inclined Plane?

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Calculating Angular Speed of Playground Merry-Go-Round

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Thought Experiment (Jumping of a building)

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How long does it take for the sun to move its own diameter?

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Projectile motion launched at angles: stuntman jump, golf ball, baseball

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Finding support forces for a box on a board held at both ends

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Finding height when stone's impact increases internal energy by 2450 J

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Force to Lift 10 Bags of Soil (185N each)

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A couple of projectile trajectory-related questions

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Solving Watts Units: V/m From H/m, m/s, W/m^2

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Find time of freefall based on little knowledge

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Where Should the Pivot Be Placed for Balance on a Seesaw?

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Determining angle from initial velocity and distance

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How to Calculate Wind Pressure on a Wall?

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Moment of inertia and rotational energy for disk with block off-axis

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Induced Voltage Calculation for Stick in Magnetic Field B

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Experimental physics histogram problem

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Block Slides Down Giant Globe in Italy

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What is the Required Pressure Difference to Heat 2 Moles of Gas?

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Two forces act on a object with different magnitudes and direction

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What is the Normal Force on Tires in a Banked Curve with Friction?

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What is the x-value at which the body's velocity is 5.0 m/s?

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Nonuniform circular motion toy train

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What is the Final Momentum of Three Colliding Balls?

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What are the forces acting on a ball falling through a liquid?

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Finding acceleration of elevator using mass

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How Does Frequency Variation Affect RMS Current in an AC Circuit?

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Height of a Cliff (Only time Given)

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Solving Two Worlds Spinning: Calculating Tension (T) in String

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Blood speed in artery with constriction reducing radius by factor of 7

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How to find Density/ Radius of planetesimals

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Power problem - finding altitude change

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Two Oxford Admissions Questions, Pedulums and Aircraft

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Finding the Ratio of Electron to Proton Speed in Beta Decay

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Light scattering (rayleigh scattering)

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Kinetic Energy Dissipation in a Colliding System

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Force on landing: stiff-legged vs bent knees

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Velocity Of An Object Accelerated By A Spring

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How Do You Calculate Bullet Acceleration in a Rifle Barrel?

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One force represented along an x-axis

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Bullet penetrating a block problem

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Force of impact during collisions

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Elastic collison of 2 moving object

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Currents in Parallel Wires for Magnetic Attraction

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Conservation of momentum and astronaut

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Revolutions of and Electric Drill

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Angular speed of earth in its orbit

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Conceptual work/energy question

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Equivalent capacitance in complex circuit

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