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High School Motion in One Dimension tutorial
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Undergrad Parabolic Projectile Trajectory
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High School Does Particle Motion at Very Small Velocities Make Sense?
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Undergrad Can a Person Throw a Ball 80 Yards in a Building with 12ft Ceilings?
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High School Research on rotational of rigid body.
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High School The force of drag is proportional to velocity?
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Graduate Pressure equation of sound wave
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Undergrad Simple Work Formula is Parabolic with Respects to Time?
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High School Falling Paintball Speed Question
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High School Is Tension in Equilibrium Achievable with Two Connected Blocks?
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Graduate Using sound to extract information
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Undergrad Maintaining constant Potential Energy
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Undergrad Keeping a pencil standing on your hand What physics topics should I research?
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Undergrad Water Dispersion: Big vs Small Holes in Tank Bottom
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Undergrad Calculating Moments about a point with couples.
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Undergrad Mixing CO2 with Air under pressure
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Graduate Moving water using pressure/vacuum
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Undergrad Why is Acceleration Proportional to Negative Displacement in SHM?
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Undergrad Will a Large Body on Earth's Surface Pull a Smaller Body Towards Itself?
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Undergrad Compound Gear Train Calculations
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High School Do Water Molecules at the Bottom of a Pool Move Faster and Get Closer?
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Undergrad Coriolis effect - time to ground
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Undergrad Chopping wood - torque question
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Undergrad Balloon on a string; which moves first?
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High School Third Equation Of Motion Question
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Graduate Balloon deformation - calculating effect on surface points
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Undergrad Is Newton's 3rd Law valid here?
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Undergrad Number of forces when calculating spring compression?
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High School The Magic of Avatar's 3-D Technology
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Undergrad What is the Average Physical Work Output per Person in a Specific Time Frame?
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Graduate Conservation of mechanical energy in a system
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Undergrad Acceleration through a non-uniform curve
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Graduate How does the coriolis effect contribute to the precession of gyroscopes?
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Graduate Density equation of sound wave
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Graduate Finding Vector Potential of Infinite Solenoid
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Graduate Moment of inertia of a rectangular prism
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Undergrad Creating a High-Pressure Fire Hose: Conical vs. Cylindrical Tank Design
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High School Egg Drop Challenges: Ensuring Safe Delivery of 3 Grade A Eggs
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Undergrad Improving MPG with hydrogen/oxygen
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Undergrad Quantity of water in air at saturation
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Undergrad Calculating Tilt Angle for a Top-Heavy Floor Lamp
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Undergrad What will be the outcome of the snooker ball collision?
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Undergrad Universal Gravitation and Local G
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Graduate Uncovering Newton's Thoughts on Friction and Momentum: Couple Questions Answered
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Undergrad Deriving the Pendulum Time Period Formula from "Fundamentals of Physics
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Undergrad Reaction at 4 Points in Rectangle with Force in x-Direction
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Undergrad Does an Object Ever Truly Reach Terminal Velocity?
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Undergrad Calculating work in a body of water
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Undergrad Stopping distance: Locked wheel skidding & rolling tyres
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Undergrad Newton's laws cannot be proven
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Undergrad Calculating Force of Colliding Objects: A Newbie's Guide
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Undergrad Calibration of a 3-Axis Accelerometer for fixing effect of gravity
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Graduate Calculating Work Done by Friction on Rotating Cylinder
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High School Can anyone explain what actually surface tension is?
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Undergrad Blood Vessels do they NOT follow Bernoulli's principle?
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High School Grease under the eyes of football players - dumb or not?
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High School Calculating the gravitational acceleration
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Graduate Confused - chemical potential of an ideal classical gas
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Graduate Projectile Speed, Crosswind Relationship
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High School How does a rocket work in space
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Undergrad Why does pressure increase towards the center of the Earth?
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Undergrad Understanding the Relationship Between Wheel Rotation and Turning Difficulty
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Graduate Equations of Motion & Forces of a Motorcycle Suspension
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High School Force transferred across a fulcrum
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum with initial velocity of 0
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High School What Is Kinetic Energy? Explained Simply
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Undergrad Kicking a Soccer Ball: Distance & Force Needed
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High School Can a Helium Balloon Levitate Without Touching the Ceiling?
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Graduate Free fall velocity of object under water
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Undergrad Relative velocity of perpendicular vectors
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Undergrad How does force and torque affect the acceleration of a rotating object?
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High School Mechanical Advantage: Pulley Systems & Archimedes' Ship
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Undergrad Calculate Dynamo Max Power Output
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High School Do Straws Function in a Vacuum?
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Undergrad Why does water get 'hard' on impact?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: A graduate course
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Undergrad Why cant i get the same torque from a gear drive as apposed to a chain drive?
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High School Collision at constant velocity
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Undergrad Modeling a 2-Body Collision with Simulink
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Undergrad Hooke's Law: Mass vs. Length Data Analysis
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High School Explaining Newton's Cradle: The Science Behind the Single Ball Effect
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Graduate Calculating the suction force produced by a Venturi
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Graduate Is a Velocity Dependent Force Always Non-conservative?
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Undergrad What is the unit vector parallel to A at point P(1,-1,2)?
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Graduate Question on Bernoulli's equation
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High School What is the derivative of kinetic energy?
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High School Law of universal gravitation - why DON'T heavy objects fall faster in a vacume
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High School What is Inertia? | Learn About this Scientific Concept
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Graduate Looking for Rocket Nozzle Equations
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Undergrad Can perfect weight distribution prevent vehicle rollovers?
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Undergrad Does an Apple’s Gravity Influence Earth’s Movement?
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Undergrad Understanding SF6 Gas Pressure and Phase Changes in Industrial Cylinders
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Undergrad Contradiction in the equations of motion ?
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Graduate Potential distribution in metal cylinder
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Undergrad Calculating Velocity Vector After Polygon Collision - Madison
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Undergrad Can Car B Make it Past the X in Time to Avoid Disaster?
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Undergrad Question about gears and torque
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