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Undergrad Question about static friction and energy loss
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High School Why Does Oil Float Above Water?
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High School Spring Constant and cord length? * Need explanation*
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Graduate Forced Oscillation: Graph Peaks to Infinity Explained
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Graduate Can one derive F=ma from kinetic energy ?
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High School What way could I estimate, easiest and quickest, the area underneath a curve?
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Undergrad The Gravity Paradox: Does Mass Affect Speed?
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Undergrad Influence of Centrifugal force in 'g'
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High School Freshman Looking for a Project
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Undergrad How do 8 blowers create a vortex for a dancing fabric installation?
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Undergrad Statically indeterminate beam question
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Undergrad Understanding the Coriolis Force and its Real-World Applications
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High School Average Velocity in One Dimension
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Undergrad Gravity and point mass confusion
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High School How much do you weight in an elevator?
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Undergrad Toboggan National Championships: Speed Theory Debate
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High School Calculating work done with angles
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Graduate Proton=positron+neutron. what about law of conservation of mass?
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Undergrad Is it possible to simplify the drag equation for 3D programming purposes?
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Graduate Rotation of a sphere because of its gravitational field
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High School Direction of frictional force in wheels
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Undergrad Does Nozzle Orientation Affect Speed in Compressed Air Powered Boats?
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High School Is there lag as force is converted into acceleration?
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High School Creating a simple Friction model
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Graduate Did I solve the hanging cable problem correctly?
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Undergrad Can Torque Explain the Motion of an Ideal Pendulum?
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Graduate Integrate vector in rotating frame?
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Undergrad Having problems calculating Y vs X of projectile
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Undergrad What causes atmospheric pressure: gravity or molecular collisions?
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High School Angular momentum linear momentum
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Motor that meets these requirements?
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High School How to calculate momentum at right angle
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Undergrad Interperting displacement vs time graph
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Graduate Moving solar panel produce more power than a stationary one
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High School Efficiency of a hollow sphere of bouncy balls?
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Undergrad Particle displacement vs time graph of sound. How can this happen?
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High School Jumping perpendicular out of a fast spaceship will retain your speed right?
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High School Need a definition of Translation
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High School Does marbles have friction or not?
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Graduate Controlling a material's opacity
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Undergrad Why Does a Spinning Top Stabilize After Wobbling?
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Undergrad Conservation of angular momentum vs. linear momentum
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Undergrad This might be a silly question, that doesn't make sense, but I'll post
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High School How is acceleration possible if there is an everpresent equal+opp force?
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Undergrad My model of torque in a rod with mass
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Undergrad Did space missions use Newton's Theory of Gravity
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Undergrad Calculate Power from Water flow
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High School What is center of gravity espcially for triangles
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High School Gimbaled Gyroscope: Do I Need Constant Torque?
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Graduate KE of system / different reference frames question
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Undergrad When we r considering a ball that is thrown at 45 angle, with the air
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High School Why is strain greater in longer wires?
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Undergrad Questions on the forces on a Yo-Yo
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Undergrad Model Rocket: Calculating Air Resistance
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Undergrad Hardhat testing with steel ball dropped from a height
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Graduate What fundamental force keeps a tilted top steady?
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Undergrad Push Mass Up Ramp: What Makes Vertical Displacement?
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Undergrad Maximum Angular velocity possible
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Undergrad How fast will the pressure decrease from a leaking gas tank?
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High School Struggling with 2D and Projectile Motion for Your Test?
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Undergrad Car moving at constant velocity.
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Undergrad Hydro-power output question(s)
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Graduate How Does Energy Transfer Differ Between Two Airplane Crash Scenarios?
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Undergrad How does a rocket stay stable during liftoff?
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Undergrad Why Multiply Force and Displacement in Work and Energy?
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Undergrad Efficient Pulley System for Fabric: Reduce Effort by 1/3 | Physics Forums"
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Graduate Contravariant components and spherical component of acceleration
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Undergrad Working on Cannonball simulator
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High School What is the relationship between Earth's kinetic energy and a falling object?
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Undergrad Gravitational acceleration from moon
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Undergrad Tension When Moving String w/ Object Attached
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Undergrad Snooker/billiard/Newton's balls
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High School Why does water travel up in fabric/paper?
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High School Confusion over Newton's 3rd law
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High School The difference between sound and music
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Undergrad Does Force Applied to Rigid Body Produce Equal Effect?
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Undergrad About acceleration of block with respect to wedge and ground
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Undergrad Calculate Engine Power with Speed & Water Resistance
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Undergrad Hot Air Balloon Rises due to Kinetic Energy of Molecules
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Undergrad Transformation matrix for components of acceleration
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Graduate Rocket Propulsion: Question About Relationship of V and M0/M(t)
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Undergrad What causes one billiard ball to move another?`
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Undergrad Question on conservation of momentum
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Graduate Transport Theorem Explained in Non-Physicist Terms
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High School Weighing Floating Cork: Does Upthrust Affect Weight?
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Undergrad Angular momentum at a distance
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Undergrad Calculating new velocities after ball collision
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Undergrad Period of swing of a rope with two fixed ends
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High School How 'pressure' is a scaler quantity?
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Undergrad Gravity Power Plant Feasibility: Explained
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High School Does salt added to water decrease the time needed to reach boiling point?
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High School Law of inertia states roughly that an object will remain
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High School Does a bass speaker create equal sound and pressure at both ends of a pipe?
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Graduate How to Determine Moment Using the Method of Virtual Displacements?
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High School Spherical Coordinate Systems(Cartesian, i think it called)
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Undergrad Deriving equation of simple harmonic motion
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Graduate Velocity of falling object through fluid flowing upward
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Graduate What is the degree of maximum g-force in a car's turn?
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Graduate Infinite Time Period of Simple Pendulum at Center of Earth
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