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High School Street tire static and kinetic friction coefficients?
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Undergrad Quick conceptual question about Newton's Theory of Gravity
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Graduate Rocket Net Force: Understanding Internal & External Forces
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Graduate What Force Causes Drift Velocity Increase in Wires of Different Diameters?
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Graduate Projectile with Drag and g
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Undergrad Newtons work and double derivative.
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Graduate Energy Loss Due to Friction in Rolling Motion on Inclined Surfaces
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High School What Happens to the Bee When a Jar Falls?
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Undergrad How Does Friction and Incline Affect Dog Weight Pulling Competitions?
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Graduate Potential between two parallel planes
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Graduate Plate Bending Analysis: Point Load Distribution
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Undergrad How can the vibrating disk of a speaker produce so many sounds at once
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Undergrad Center of Mass: Definition & Formulas
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Undergrad Forces when you hit the ground
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High School Can You See the Back of Your Vehicle While Traveling at High Velocity?
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Undergrad Momentum and Energy Conservation of a Space Elevator
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Graduate Are escape-trajectory-only forces possible?
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High School Understanding Friction and Normal Force on Inclined Planes
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High School Is mass a scalar or a vector in physics?
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High School Momentum in a mass resting on the Earth's surface
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Undergrad Unicycle Physics: Calculating Wheel Diameter & Maximum Hop Height
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Undergrad Is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion always in equilibrium on inclined planes?
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Undergrad Solving Gas Work: Va, Vb, Pa, Pb
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High School Weight Change of Coke Can When Opened: Explained
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Undergrad Energy difference between stop and 90 degree deflection.
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Undergrad Misunderstanding about the Foucault Pendulum
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High School Fluids mechanics is also gas mechanics?
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Undergrad How to Calculate Total Angle from X and Y Angles on an Incline?
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Undergrad A Problem With Rolling Duct Tape
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High School Does Mg Stand for Newton in Scientific Contexts?
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Graduate How do constraint equations in mechanics work?
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Graduate Looking for specific data about thrust, hydrogen, and celestial bodies
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High School The Physics Behind Bungee Jumping
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Graduate Maths of Hamiltonian / Lagrangian mechanics
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High School Acceleration due to gravity pendulum
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Undergrad Gravitational mass & inertial mass
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High School Defensive Driving: Reduce Impact Force in Collision
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Graduate Velocity verlet versus other integration techniques
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Undergrad Help figuring out what a balloon diameter should be with x amount of helium.
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Undergrad Question about dynamic pressure vs pressure on plate
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Graduate Stokes drag of oscillation sphere
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Undergrad Mythbusters: Blow your own sail review
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Graduate Equiparition theorem, kinetic energy, temperatur
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Undergrad Which Speed Calculation Method Is Best: DV/DR or V/R?
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Graduate Detecting hydrogen gas via IR spectroscopy
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Undergrad Why does a projectile sitting on the ground travel further than a
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Undergrad Work done by spring force and by gravity?
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Undergrad Calculating velocity on an inclined plane
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Graduate Gauss law for gravitational fields
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Undergrad Energy to escape gravitational pull
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Graduate Newton's Laws question : On springs and pulley system
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Undergrad What is the Time and Distance for a Meter Stick to Fall?
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Is the speed of sound relative?
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High School What is the Formula for Calculating Force of Friction on an Inclined Surface?
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Undergrad Power required to make gaseous Oxygen
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Undergrad Is there a correlation between compressibility factor and temperature in gases?
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Undergrad Difference between Torque Converter and Clutch ?
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High School Calculating Force from Water Flow: Math Help
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High School Forces needed to move a sliding door, from the physicsly challenged
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Undergrad Simple (or not so simple) Momentum question
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Undergrad What are the physics behind flying discs and disc golf?
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Graduate Question about why this vacuum setup works.
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Graduate The Tilting Glass: Understanding the Dynamics
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Undergrad 4wd vs 2wd (Jeremy Clarkson's proof)
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Graduate A logical problem about a new system.
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High School How Does Suction in Bongs and Hookahs Influence Smoking Dynamics?
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Undergrad Angular Velocity & Mass: Shaft Rotation & Disc Effects
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High School Pressure & Velicity Relation in Fluids/gases
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Graduate Inertia Tensor as a Transformation
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Graduate Reverse osmosis perpetual motion machine
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Undergrad Converting velocity to pressure
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High School What is the time and velocity of a falling helicopter wheel?
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Undergrad Calculating Force from Pressure in Water Rocket Building
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Undergrad Calculating Air Speed for Low Flying RC Airplanes
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Undergrad What is the formula for lifting a mass with a hydraulic press?
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Undergrad What is the limit of average speed as time interval approaches zero?
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High School Inertia in the case of sudden stops?
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Undergrad The final explanation to why kinetic energy is proportional to velocity squared
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High School Gravitational force between everyday objects
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Undergrad How to get water in air tight container w/ other specifics
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Undergrad Converting tangential momentum to angular momentum
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High School Calculate Earth's Gravity Equation: 9.81
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Graduate The Ultimate Performance of the Infinite Conundrum Rifle
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Undergrad No gravity at center of earth= no pressure?
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High School Change in direction and acceleration
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What is the hardest equation you have come across in your Physics career?
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Undergrad Possible new formula for simple tension problems
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Undergrad How much falling water to generate 3KW
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High School Non-symmetric nature of the Doppler Effect with sound
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High School Calculating Block's Backward Pull in Physics Problem?
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High School Need extra practice for Newton's laws?
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High School Can Sound Really Exist in the Vacuum of Space?
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Undergrad Jerk Equation: Calculating Profile from Speed Data
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High School Non-instantaneous model of applied force?
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Graduate Kinetic theory of gases - Maximum speed
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Undergrad Is the transfer from 2D mechanics to 3D mechanics intimidating?
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Undergrad Piston moving 1m per hr, how to power a generator?
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High School Angular forms of acceleration, velocity and displacement
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Undergrad What do radial bearing and pressure bearing mean in physics?
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High School Fas-Moving projectiles-Satellites
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