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High School Basic question - balance of forces....?
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High School Is a Vertical Bar Path the Most Efficient for Squats and Deadlifts?
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High School Is One Complete Cycle in a Damped Pendulum Theoretical?
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High School A Question about Hooke's Law....
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High School How pulley diameter affects forces?
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High School Can a Mass Suspended by Springs in a Box Exhibit Chaotic Behavior?
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High School How many times will a ball bounce before coming to a rest
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High School How much time it takes to walk a certain distance?
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High School What happens if two wheels turn toward each other....
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High School Will there be a reaction at the hinge B in this question?
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High School Static pressure and hydrostatic pressure
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High School Understanding the Direction of Axial Vectors in Rotational Motion
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High School Why are astronauts outside a spaceship not pulled by Earth's gravity?
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High School Can cold air become water in a vacuum cylinder?
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High School Calculating Speed and Distance for a Pneumatic Tricycle
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High School Which is easier to knock down: A tall or a short person?
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High School Propeller thrust in restricted air flow environment
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High School Move a large amount of rocks from one place to another
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High School Is a position time graph and a displacement time graph the same?
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High School Why can we choose any arbitrary point to calculate the moment?
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High School Physics of Illusions: Rotating a Spring
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High School Actual value of normal reaction
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High School Can Satellites Orbit Within Earth's Atmosphere and How Close Can They Get?
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High School Why Does an Object Thrown Vertically Decrease in Speed Until its Velocity is 0?
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High School What Forces are Missing in a Balanced Block on a Floor?
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High School Are momentum and centripetal acceleration related somehow?
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High School Kinematics: The Study of Motion
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High School What causes a basketball to leave the ground after bouncing?
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High School Resolve Moment: Force & Distance Explained
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High School Gyroscopic precession force diagram
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High School Where Does Our Energy Go When We Feel Exhausted?
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High School Equation to calculate torque to hold drill while drilling?
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High School Potential In parallal combination of resistors
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High School RC Helicopter in a Train (Forces)
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High School Mousetrap race car is not working
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High School Does the weight of a lever influences the amplification?
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High School Wheres G (m1*m2)/r^2 come from?
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High School What is the difference between Kinetic Energy and Speed?
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High School The amplitude of a forced undamped ocillation
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High School How Does Static Friction Affect Energy and Work in Physics?
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High School The Brachistochrone Curve - Which theories apply?
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High School Physical meaning of geometrical proposition
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High School Friction Force: When Does it Provide Motion?
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High School What is the Relationship Between Interference and Wavelengths?
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High School Force, mass, acceleration, kinetic energy
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High School Dynamic Fluid (airplane landing/decrease altitude)
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High School Going beyond solar system with high speed
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High School How to stop insulation from floating when flooded
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High School How fast would a car be going to throw a 50lb object 38ft?
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High School How can a glider or an airplane do a loop without thrust
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High School Hey guys, I'm going to say right up front that I haven't a c
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High School Friction of a box pushed against a wall using 200N
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High School What Causes a Particle to Move in a Circular Trajectory Due to Coriolis Force?
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High School What absorbs impact better, hard plastic or silicon?
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High School Physics Egg Car Project Tips: How to Safely Transport an Egg from a 1m Ramp
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High School Understanding Work and Kinetic Energy: Examples and Calculations Explained
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High School Can Magnus Effect be Used to Create a Miniature?
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High School How does a simple balance scale work?
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High School Kinematics Equation: S = Ut + ½a t^2 - Why "s"?
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High School Bike vs. Skateboard Acceleration (downhill with no pedaling)
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High School Why is 1 lbm considered equal 1 lbf?
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High School Weight and the Archimedes Principle
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High School Flywheel Inertia: Calculating Mass & Radius
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High School Whacking a golfball down a marble corridor
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High School Average Speed and Average Power confusion
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High School Do the Equations for Apparent Weight and Buoyant Force Contradict Each Other?
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High School Dish soap and water evaporation
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High School Why do gear forces need to be balanced at the pitch circle radius?
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High School Explanation of how spin art machine works
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High School Unexplained Object Movements: What Causes Random Movements Without Force?"
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High School The movie wanted defies physic.
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High School What happens if a plane nosedives perpendicular to Earth?
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High School My physics IB (international baccalaureat)
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High School Understanding Axial and Radial Moments: Definition and Importance
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High School Climbing Rope: Physics and Forces on Ceiling
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High School Can Dropping Glass on the Floor Cause Spalling and Ejection of Particles?
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High School Torque and forces parallel vs perpendicular to the axis of rotation....
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High School Calculate force with speed and mass....
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High School Why Does the Upper Block Fall When Force is Applied Below?
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High School How a whistle produces a sound?
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High School Tuned mass dampers in Taipei 101
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High School Efficient Fast Orbital Transportation/Construction?
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High School The Sense of Restoring Force in Vibrations
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High School Calculating Work: Why Force Equal to Weight?
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High School Can Vibrating Shoes Help Us Walk on Water?
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High School Force required to bend/dent aluminum
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High School Can someone explain to me force field strengths versus distance squared?
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High School The Impact of Force Direction on Collisions: A Physics Novice's Confusion
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High School How do I calculate the G Force in this certain situation?
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High School What Causes the Sound of Water Unfilling From a Bottle?
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High School Exploring the Physics of Stacked Blocks: No Normal Force on Block A
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High School Understanding the force between two objects
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High School How Horsepower is equal to 550 ft lb/s ?
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High School Control moment gyroscope design - question
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High School Stair Descent Physics: Share Lecture Illustration
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High School Is Acceleration/Decceleration smooth?
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High School Upthrust in Liquid: Can Objects Keep Sinking?
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High School Having real problems with working out scales for graphs
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High School Sliding on an object on an inclined plane
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High School Differences between Centre of Gravity and Centre of Mass
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