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High School Wouldn't using AC to power a lamp result in flickering?
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High School Why can't we apply the speed equation in a free fall?
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High School Where is the gravitational potential energy?
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High School Normal Force on Extended Block: Physics Explained
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High School What factors affect the frequency of harmonics in a soda bottle?
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High School Conservative Forces: Internal or Not?
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High School How to calculate velocity based on distance and time?
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High School Relation between centrifugal force and speed
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High School Why Does Poisson's Ratio Show Equal Transverse Strain in 3D Rectangles?
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High School How does kinetic friction occur between two moving bodies?
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High School Feynman problem about a cylinder in a corner
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High School Centrifugal Force in Angular SHM: Explained
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High School Can a Jet Plane Take Off on a Treadmill?
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High School How to mark a "measles ball" for practicing Snooker spin
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High School Understanding Circular Motion: The Role of Centripetal Acceleration
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High School Translational kinetic in solids
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High School Regular derivation on The Universal Law of Gravitation?
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High School Question regarding centripetal force
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High School How to calculate rpm of an aeolipile
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High School How a spiral torsion spring works
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High School Understanding Rotational Velocity and Its Significance in Physics
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High School Where can I find lectures on classical mechanics online?
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High School Why do softer brake pads stop a bike faster?
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High School Understanding Normal Forces on Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal Surfaces
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High School For those of us Who get stuck in a Hole
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High School Fall Duration Calculator: Objects of Different Mass from 10m to 2m
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High School What is the relationship between force (in lbs) and speed?
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High School Stupid question of forces from one who skipped Physics B
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High School What Are the Key Differences Between Mass and Weight?
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High School Blocks sliding down different lengths of ramp
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High School What exactly is mechanical energy?
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High School Need help with projectile motion problem
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High School If you roll when you hit the ground you feel less velocity?
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High School Why when you run then kick a wall you feel an upwards push?
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High School How to measure net force based on diagram
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High School Effort Force for a Wheelbarrow
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High School Why does bathwater in a plughole spin AT ALL
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High School How to measure the distribution of weight across a solid object
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High School What Happens When a Motorcycle Exits a Moving Train?
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High School Ranking velocities from least to greatest
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High School Which Exerts More Pressure: Heated Air or Water?
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High School Using force to calculate distance
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High School Mass and kinematics -- motion of objects in a gravitational field
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High School Can a Subsea Lifting Bag With CO2 Rise to the Surface?
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High School Explaining forces acting on gears
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High School Gravity force acting on masses and springs
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High School Balancing a bicycle that is moving fast, rather than one that is moving slow
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High School What is the Net Force on a Banked Curve?
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High School Tension in a String: Why is the Scale Reading 10N?
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High School What Is the Role of Inertia in Newton's First Law of Motion?
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High School Train Conservation of Energy Question
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High School Does someone weigh more on a steel ship?
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High School What does the Center of Mass equation mean?
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High School General Question About 2D-Kinematic Problems
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High School Flying objects pulling on Earth
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High School How does the reaction force of friction affect the ground?
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High School Drag Force: Mass & Why It Doesn't Affect Object
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High School Is the centripetal force a projection of tension?
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High School What’s the Key Difference Between Velocity and Speed in Air Travel?
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High School A Question relating to Loudness and Transmission of Sound
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High School Difference between Ultrasonic waves and sound waves.
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High School Confusion about potential energy in a tank filled with water
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High School Foucault's Pendulum Recreation for Physics Project
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High School Hanging Object: Achieving Stability with 10 Newton Force and 1 kg Mass
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High School Upthrust & Buoyancy: Does Surface Area Matter?
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High School Resonance in large objects, say a cruise liner
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High School Why no work when carrying piano on your back down a hallway?
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High School Relation between sum of the forces and energy
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High School Free Fall quadratic equation problem
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High School How can I approach drawing v-x graphs for projectile motion problems?
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High School Force Defined: First vs. Second Newton's Law
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High School Water level accuracy revisited
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High School Is the weight of an object exerted on another object?
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High School Other symbols for rotational inertia?
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High School Can Increasing Human Body Density Enable Breaking Rocks by Hand Compression?
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High School Wind speed versus the force on objects like flower pots and deck boxes
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High School Will a Ball Thrown in a Vacuum Move Forever Without Gravity?
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High School Why does water level stay the same when ice melts inside the water?
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High School Effects of wind on a moving person
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High School Why Does F Equal (mdv/dt = dmv/dt)?
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High School Why are accelerating cars less fuel efficient?
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High School How exactly does torque apply to gymnastics?
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High School How can I derive the hydraulic equation using conservation of energy and work?
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High School Can someone help me find a method to measure water level in a tank
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High School Why is the acceleration in the same direction as the net force and friction?
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High School Why it's easier to push the door from the furthest distance
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High School Why will an object in space continue moving foever?
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High School The load of an object on a pivot
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High School How does force transfer through an object microscopically?
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High School What is the drag coefficient of a windsock?
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High School What takes longer? With airdrag or without?
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High School Damage height versus waterline when ships collide
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High School Can a 747 Take Off on a Conveyor Belt?
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High School Measuring Gravity: Using Direct Motion Videos to Estimate g
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High School Understanding velocity and acceleration
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High School What is the formula for calculating RPM of a gear with a known force?
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High School Whether constant acceleration and zero acceleration are the same
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High School Rotation problem - AP Physics 1
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High School Why is resistivity important in solving this problem?
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