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High School Hammer & a nail -- Calculating penetration depth into wood for first strike
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High School How to calculate center of mass & centerline a of a boat?
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High School Understanding ABS Systems: How Do They Work and What Types Are There?
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High School Does Force Affect Acceleration in Space?
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High School Kinetic friction and applied force
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High School Calculating Energy with Mass, Acceleration, and Time
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High School Uniformly accelerated motion under gravity
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High School Questions about uniformly accelerated motion under gravity
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High School Does gravity still exist at the North or South Pole?
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High School Eroding Metal with very small forces
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High School Why water in cup suspends when placed upside down in water?
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High School Center of gravity change and acceleration
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High School Using center of mass for loop de loop
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High School How Tube Size & Openings Impact Water Flow
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High School Uncovering the Physics of MotoGP's Knee Slider Technique
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High School Interpreting the Wording of a Wave Problem: Understanding Speed and Period
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High School Why do air compressors make sounds?
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High School Gravitational Potential Energy
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High School Angle between two vectors book problem
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High School Does the Coriolis Effect Occur When Wind Moves Horizontally?
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High School Normal Force: Questioning the Physics Behind It
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High School Physics 101 refresher question -- Confused about the definition of a Joule
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High School Can anyone explain following scenarios in Force-Reaction
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High School Which of the two is the reason a block slides down a wedge?
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High School Fall Rate of Objects: Explaining Why Weight Matters
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High School Elevator action-reaction pair/normal forces
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High School Do electrons have kinetic energy in an electrical circuit?
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High School Calculate Tension of Two Wires: Physics/Precalc
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High School How can gravity have a horizontal component?
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High School How is conservation of momentum present in an airbag?
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High School Who Applies the Larger Force on Earth and Moon?
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High School Centripetal Acceleration formula derivation
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High School How to find the center of gravity of an object
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High School What is the Gs of an object hitting the ground at 31 mph?
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High School Pulley Force Vector: Check Friction on 10kg Weight
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High School Is an Insect Flying at 150 km/hr Inside a Moving Car?
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High School Good materials for creating friction?
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High School Build a Baseball Batting Cage: Weight Requirements for Posts
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High School Explain relationship of Kinetic energy and acceleration
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High School Car Driving At A Constant Speed
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High School Understanding Newton's Balanced Forces: Overcoming Misconceptions
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High School Pulses, waves, train waves....
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High School Does Gaining Muscle Mass Affect Your Vertical Jump?
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High School Creating a Floating Oil Rig Model with Recycled Materials | Size: 60x50x50cm
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High School Is it possible to run as fast as a car?
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High School What Initiates Particle Motion in the Universe?
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High School Connetion between centrifugal force and weight force
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High School Why Does a Football Rotate in Flight?
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High School Possible explanation for kinetic energy
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High School Difference between momentum and linear inertia
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High School Funny similarities between a ball and the expanding universe
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High School Maximum Radius for Wall of Death
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High School Force and rate of change of momentum
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High School Is gravity ever negative here?
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High School Bubble of water in zero gravity
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High School Rate of Force Development in athletes
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High School What kind of force acts in the center of the Earth?
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High School Help with rolling cars -- science project
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High School Is pressure a qualitative property?
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High School Can someone explain to me the work equation for springs?
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High School Why is there a negative in Hooke's Law (F = -kx)
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High School Gravity in the center of the Earth (a confusion)
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High School Explanation please -- public bus induction power -- into basic physics?
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High School Dynamics and Kinematics Interview Question Examples
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High School What is the true cause of friction?
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High School Inverse Kinematics: Understanding the Math Behind Building Virtual Arms and Legs
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High School Conservation of Momentum on Inclined and Flat Surfaces
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High School What Happens When an Object on Earth Loses Mass Suddenly?
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High School Why Doesn't Atmospheric Pressure Deflate Basketballs and Footballs?
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High School How do Nerf Whistler Darts work?
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High School Why is the Black Piece on this Mechanism Made of Plastic?
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High School Kinematics Equation: Solving for t
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High School Gravitation with multiple objects by using center of mass
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High School Question about momentum and kinetic energy
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High School What are the uses of a bifilar pendulum?
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High School Collision of Two Objects on Ice
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High School Object projected vertically upwards and Planck time
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High School Physics of Tires: Calculating Gas Mileage Difference
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High School Rocket Hovering Equation: A Balance of Forces
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High School Inelastic collision and momentum
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High School Understanding Power Formulas; When to use Them
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High School Does Mass Affect Speed on Slopes?
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High School Help Required for Projectile Motion Equation
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High School Torricelli's Theorem: Speed of Fluid & Height of Opening
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High School What's the difference between an inertial frame....
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High School Understanding Gravity: Common Questions Answered
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High School Mass Continuity and Torricelli's Law
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High School How does table exert force on me?
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High School Is 80 Pa Really a 'Huge' Pressure in Desalination Plants?
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High School Destabilize Gyroscope: How Much Force is Needed?
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High School Why we consume energy while holding something statically?
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High School Are differential angles vectors?
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High School What Happens to a Cube When 99% of Its Mass Disappears?
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High School Acceleration of golf club hitting a ball
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High School Understanding Moving Object Formulas: F=ma, Ke=1/2mv2, and p=mv Explained
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High School How far can glass fragments from a punched window travel?
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High School How to check if force is conservative?
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High School How do airplanes correct their path
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High School Friends discussion: To brake or not to brake?
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