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High School Understanding d=1/2gt^2 for Beginner Physics Students
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High School Velocity of Longitudinal Waves
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High School Object at Beaker Base: Upthrust or Not?
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Undergrad How Does Adding a Damper Affect the Stiffness of Springs in Parallel?
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Undergrad How Does Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation Affect Our Sensations of Force?
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Graduate Pulses, cables and toroidal coils
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Undergrad Need help with motion: equations by rote and applying equations
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Undergrad Gravitational Potential Energy of an object of mass
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Undergrad What is the minimum PE gained by a string hanging over the edge of a table?
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High School Simple Pendulum Experiment questions
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Graduate Can an Expanding Ball in an Ideal Fluid Affect Distant Areas?
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Undergrad Right hand grip rule in rotational kinematics
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Undergrad Whirling a bucket full of water
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High School Why Does Gas Float Upward: Investigating Mass Difference
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Graduate Another trig question relate to retarded potential
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High School Why Earth is Bulged at the Equator
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Undergrad Melting a dangerous asteroid about to impact Earth
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High School Meteor Hits Satellite: Motion Effects of Impact
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High School A question about opposite and equal reactions
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Graduate Rotation Question: How to Calculate Force for Arbitrary Axis
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Undergrad Friction on bicycle wheels in uniform circular motion
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Billiard device to shoot the cue ball?
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High School What is the relationship between tension and compression?
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High School Is velocity technically a force? Is it drawn as vector in free-body-diagrams?
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High School Conservation of Kinetic Energy vs Momentum
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Graduate Is there a limit for the solution of Navier Stokes equation?
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High School Acceleration & Rotational Motion: What's the Link?
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Graduate Conservation of momentum from the Lagrangian formulation
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Undergrad Equations for detecting collision
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Undergrad Why escape velocity is independent of angle of projection
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High School Can a fly on an airplane fly faster than the airplane?
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Undergrad Solving a Displacement-Time Graph with Sharp Turnings
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Undergrad What happens to the time period of a pendulum bob filled with water?
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Undergrad Does Centripetal Acceleration Increase Kinetic Energy in a Mass Spectrometer?
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Graduate On orbital mechanics and the standard model
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High School Does Compressing and Stretching a Spring Require Equal Force?
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Undergrad Relating schematic equation to find total distance
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Undergrad Confused about what direction friction really acts in.
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High School Calculating Acceleration & Force
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Graduate Doubt on this problem from David Morin's book - Intro to Classical Mech
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High School Circular motion formulas, what does the angle without the function mean?
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High School Stability Triangle of Forklift
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High School Question about Centripetal Force
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High School Bored and curious about kinetic energy
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High School Potential Energy and the Conservation of Energy
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Graduate Goldstein's derivation of E-L equations from D'Alembert
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Graduate Metric for an observer in free fall two schwarzchild radii from black hole.
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Undergrad Velocity and leaving earth's atmosphere
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Undergrad Tipping a Car: Factors Affecting Curve Negotiation
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High School Question about the Speed of Sound
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Undergrad Collision Detection in 2D Motion
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Undergrad How does colour addition / subtraction work?
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Undergrad Inertia on Planes: Pressure Differences Inside?
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Graduate Maxiumum Incident power on solar cell ?
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Undergrad What trajectory would have a bullet if fired from equator in a straight line
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Undergrad Golf : Advantage of a longer drive ?
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Undergrad Calculate yoyo friction energy loss
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Graduate Derivative in cylindrical coordinates.
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Water divining or witching What is the basis behind it?
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Undergrad Does lift force decrease as speed decreases?
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Undergrad Physics of Elevator: Will Inertia Allow a Person to Touch the Roof?
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Undergrad Non-Linear Oscillator: Understand & Determine Ring Pendulum
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Undergrad Let's say I have a container and it has an opening. I drop it into the
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High School What is the difference between centrifugal and centripetal forces?
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High School Can a Commercial Airplane Takeoff During Landing in Casino Royale?
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Undergrad Centrifugal force on rotating blades
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Graduate Spring expansion on thermodynamic system
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Undergrad What is the estimated energy and power of a large tornado?
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Graduate Velocity Dependent Acceleration within Drag Force
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Undergrad Problem with accelerating objects with drag
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Undergrad Simulating Dry Friction: Solving Complex Problems in Driving Simulation"
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Undergrad Why are word problems in physics posing a challenge for self-taught learners?
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Undergrad Strange case in finding acceleration
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Graduate Complete position function of time for multibody systems and gravity (Newtonian)
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Undergrad Trying to understand weather balloons better (ideal gas law)
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Undergrad How Does the Mass of a Moon Affect Its Orbital Speed Around a Planet?
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Undergrad Calculating Force Needed to Topple Over 900 lb Aquarium
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Undergrad Firing the payload to space with cannon
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High School Force of the average car crash
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High School Does Rotating an Object Absorb Energy?
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High School Standing waves and organs, harmonics?
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High School Is radial acceleration and centripetal acceleration the same thing?
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Graduate Investigating Oddball Transformer: Baffling Results
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Undergrad A Ball Through The Center of the Earth
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Undergrad Discover the Truth Behind Hooke's Law with These Essential Questions | Splint
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High School Question if a driver would be thrown from a vehicle?
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Undergrad Gravity Turbine: Harnessing Power from Falling Mass
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Undergrad Discovering Friction Directions: An Overview
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High School Q) A closed chamber containing working refrigerator is pefectly
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Undergrad Calculate Suction Pressure from Walls & Cups
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Undergrad Confusion about standing waves and harmonics - organ pipes etc.?
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Undergrad Measuring Voltage with Kelvin Water Dropper: Device Options and Combos
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High School What is the definition of wave speed?
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Undergrad Lagrangian Mechanics: Intro and Answers to Ari's Questions
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Undergrad Pascals's Principle and Airsoft?
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High School Do these equations belong to kinematics or dynamics? Or both, maybe?
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Undergrad Degree of Freedom for Rigid Body & Rotating CD
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High School Speed as a ratio, but what about work done and moments?
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Graduate Speed of Sound in Compressed C02 Tank
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High School Guitar & Harmonics: Learning Fundamentals & Techniques
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