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High School The invention of a Newton, how was it measured back then?
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High School Would I be able to see a ball passing next to me at 340m/s ?
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High School Can I get help with a car speed question? (to fight a traffic ticket)
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High School Acceleration of object at constant velocity in rotation?
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High School How fast do we have to go if Earth had no atmosphere?
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High School How does an object's velocity change over time during constant acceleration?
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High School Speed, altitude, and horizontal distance
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High School How Do You Calculate Water Velocity and Force of Impact?
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High School What is the pressure in Kilopascals on a vertical plate
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High School A formula to calculate speed on loop de loop
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High School Why does wind enter a car window?
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High School If gas volume remains constant, it can do work?
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High School How to convert air flow into pressure?
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High School What Type of Force Does F Represent in the Force-Momentum Equation?
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High School An experiement -- Would it work?
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High School Does the Magnus Effect Decrease Speed in Sports?
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High School Person moving Velocity question
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High School Gravitational Force of an object
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High School Projectile motion sample problems
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High School Can you close a car door underwater?
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High School Understanding Force: Defining F=ma and Other Equations
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High School Information regarding acceleration
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High School What is the escape velocity of Earth?
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High School What Happens When an Object Is Dropped from the ISS?
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High School Inertial and non inertial frame of reference
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High School Understanding velocity=wavelength*frequency
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High School What will be tension on string pulled by equal forces?
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High School How can a simulation improve understanding of the inclined plane for students?
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High School Definition of Torque: What Is Torque?
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High School Does friction oppose force or motion?
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High School Wheels, car and friction concepts
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High School Acceleration decrease on inclined air track
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High School Speed of International Space Station
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High School How does Potential Energy converted into Kinetic Energy? ?
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High School Can You make an object move faster than the speed it was hit?
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High School Work Debate: Does a Tire Do Work on a Quarter?
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High School What is the role of friction between objects?
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High School Kinematics: given 2 position vectors, time, and V of earlier
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High School Does v represent speed in kinetic energy formula?
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High School Relationship between friction and weight
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High School Pressure per square inch to pressure per square foot
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High School Normal force: two boxes with different mass?
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High School Centripetal Acceleration Outwards
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High School Annoyed about coefficient of friction -- What is lowest possible?
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High School Inertia of a Body: Explaining the Impact on Falling Passengers
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High School Projectile motion sand bag drop
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High School Does a Moving Sphere's Kinetic Energy Affect Its Atomic Particles?
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High School Why is kinetic energy 1/2 mv^2?
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High School Question about static elecrticity (car tires)
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High School Why are the forces in Newton's 3 laws equal, but not in hydraulic systems?
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High School Why is gravitational acceleration regarded as a constant?
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High School Just how strong is the Air pressure
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High School Projectile from certain height
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High School Combining DC Generators for Increased Voltage Output
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High School How the wedge is connected with string
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High School How do Antistatic Wrist Straps work?
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High School How centripetal force is created?
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High School Acceleration of a stationary mass?
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High School How to understand energy？and the relation with work?
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High School Average kinetic energy of the molecules in a cold liquid less?
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High School Simple harmonic motion>Origin?
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High School What happens to the sound wave?
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High School Weightlessness in Free Fall: What's Going On?
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High School How much of a head start does B need to win the race?
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High School Can Increasing a Spool's Diameter Boost a Motor's RPM?
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High School Acceleration & Speed: Effects Per Second?
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High School How do environmental conditions affect the way we hear traffic noise?
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High School Solving Work Done Problems in Physics
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High School Is planetary angular momentum
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High School Why rolling friction is small than sliding friction?
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High School Dynamic soaring update - 505 mph
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High School Is the force that keeps the Earth spinning
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High School Why Is "P" Used in Momentum Formula (p=mv)?
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High School Limiting friction Vs static friction
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High School Head on Collision: Conservation of Momentum Explained
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High School How do I correctly derive the formula d = vt + 1/2 at^2?
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High School Why do moving balls and bicycles eventually come to a stop?
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High School Ionize Hydrogen Gas: Can Heat Ionize It?
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High School Is the friction "reaction force"?
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High School What is the direction of tension force in a rope?
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High School Is Newtonian gravity still relevant in modern physics?
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High School Angular Displacement: 2π Radians
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High School Pressure in a container placed on a reduced area?
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High School A water fountain that seems to defy gravity
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High School Same Mass Objects Dropped: Same Time?
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High School The relationship between brightness of bulb and power rating
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High School Can spinning motion be converted into linear motion?
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High School Does Force Direction Always Decrease the Potential Energy?
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High School Normal Contact Force Explained: What My Teacher Says
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High School Why do chemical substances affect our senses differently?
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High School Prevent Pendulum Motion with Winch & Cable
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High School Kinetic energy of object free fall
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High School What Does G Load Mean in Terms of Acceleration?
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High School What effects the displacement of object from a slingshot
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High School Two bikes, different wheel diameter
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High School How do you calculate force needed to pull apart an object?
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High School Question about forces over time
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High School Air Pressure half as mile underground
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