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High School Calculate Height of Object in 9 secs
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Undergrad Gravitational potential energy questions
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Undergrad Reference frame for uniform circular motion
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High School Friction: Newton's Laws & Applied Force
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High School What Happens When Non-Newtonian Fluid Is Placed on a Speaker?
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High School Paintball impact with stonger Gun
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High School Experimenting: Finding Out What Affects Wood Block Tip Height
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Graduate Absolute Position: Finding a Meeting Point in Space over Billions of Years
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Undergrad Velocity of surface water wave
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Undergrad Cooling Time of Water: Vol, Temp & Details
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High School Something I have always wondered.
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Graduate This invention should work ELSE the conservation laws are wrong.
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Undergrad The law of conservation of momentum is WRONG practically tried.
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High School Pushing At Different Heights with Same Force: Ideas
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Undergrad Is the Velocity Zero in Equilibrium Points of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator?
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High School How can you see raindrops if water is transparent?
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Undergrad Magician seeking help with deadly pendulum problem
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Undergrad Solving for Maximum Acceleration Time: A Projectile's Take-Off
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Undergrad Speed of the knockback is <= 0
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Undergrad How Does Torque Relate to RPM in a Gyroscopic Exercise Tool?
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Undergrad Projectile Range Equation in 3D Space
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Undergrad Conservation of Momentum of a skydiver
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Undergrad Bernoulli Effect & Friction: Lift Away Slower Interfaces?
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Undergrad Boggling result of venturi experiment
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Undergrad What is the Functionality and Mechanical Advantage of Different Pulley Systems?
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Undergrad Gasoline what expansion, also what pressure?
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Graduate Question on Two theorems for the group velocity in dispersive media
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High School Calculating Pressure in Liquids: What Formula Can You Use?
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High School Weighing a Ladder While Leaning Against a Wall?
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Graduate Is Motion Possible Through a Medium of Planck Density?
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Undergrad Water Pressure Calculation with atmospheric pressure corrections
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Graduate Wind vs relative wind (A Thermdynamics and aerodynamics issue)
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Undergrad Conservation of energy and angular momentum
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High School Does Newton's 1st Law Apply to the 2nd?
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Undergrad Calculating Earth's Speed Around Milky Way
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High School Accelerating speed to cover specific distance
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Undergrad Volume of metal in a spring changes or not?
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Undergrad Preesure changes in fliud movement
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Undergrad Does Placing a Floating Ball in Water Affect Scale Balance?
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Undergrad Center of mass of the earth and the moon
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Undergrad Need help with a fluid system debate -Bernoulli
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Graduate Question on conservation of angular momentum
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Graduate Spherical Harmonics Normalization
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Undergrad How to separate sound from another sound?
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Undergrad Transmitting portion of a transmitter works
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Graduate What Causes a Rattleback to Reverse Its Spin Direction?
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Graduate Golf Club Impact: Momentum, Friction and Loft
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Undergrad Designing a Coke Bottle Submarine Experiment
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Undergrad Rocket Stop Time & Distance: 3.156kg, 28.72 m/s
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Undergrad Acceleration of Coasting Vehicle Down Inclined Plane
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Undergrad Speed of a Tidal Bore: Can High School Physics Help?
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Undergrad Speed of an air molecule when transmitting sound of frequency f
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Undergrad What are the principles involved in this bicycle scenario?
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High School Why is there a force between two objects?
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High School Simple question about water pressure in a cylinder
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Undergrad Does Young's Modulus Affect Volume Changes in Solid Materials?
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Undergrad Explanation wanted for a demonstration in MIT phyiscs lec #6
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Graduate Question regarding Newton's absolute space.
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Undergrad Fitting Power Function to Graph Potential vs Distance: What is n?
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Undergrad Drag coefficient w/o terminal velocity
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Undergrad Understanding the Physics of Boomerangs: Applying Bernoulli's Theorem
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Undergrad Is the force exerted on the rope 10 KN or 20?
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Graduate Rotational Symmetry: Deriving Delta X & Delta Y
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Undergrad Mastering Rotational Mechanics for IIT Droppers"
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High School Understanding Submerged vs Underwater Objects: A Quiz and Explanation
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Graduate Launch Velocity of Spacecraft at ISS: Solving for v_L
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Undergrad A question on window breezes and bernoulli effect
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Undergrad What is the air velocity from a tyre pumped to 200 kPa?
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Undergrad Why Is RMS Speed Used to Represent Average Speed in Gases?
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Undergrad Explain Siphon Working with Energy/Bernoulli
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Undergrad Understanding Bike Mechanics: Simplifying the Tailwhip with Bar and Wheel Pivots
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High School Plane after take-off to heavy to climb to cruising altitude?
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High School In what condition is the acceleration of a falling parachute is zero?
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High School Why Does a System Return to Its Original Position After Force is Removed?
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Undergrad Parabolic Path of a Projectile
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Graduate Launching Balloon: Calculating Force F(t)
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Graduate Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics
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Graduate Clarification on Shallow Water Wave Equation
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Undergrad Simple harmonic motion -> amplitude independent of mass?
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Undergrad How Much Extra Force is Needed for Efficient Pogo-Stick Jumping?
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Graduate Coriolis forse and cylindrical co-ordinates
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High School Object on a string with a string wrapping around
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Undergrad How accurate are Newton's formulas concerning Gravity, and other questions
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Undergrad Can a Small Canister Withstand He Gas Pressure?
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High School How does a body have zero weight in free fall?
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Undergrad Force (Newton's laws of motion)
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Undergrad Hydrostatic Force: Impact on Sidewall and Bottom of Box
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Graduate Atmospheric pressure at high altitude
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Graduate Billiard Ball Center Of Percussion Question, Please
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Undergrad Particle System (Gravity, Buoyancy and Drag),
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High School Why do water drops bounce on hot surfaces?
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Undergrad Speed vs Friction: The Mystery Explained
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Undergrad Power to rotate shaft in bending
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Undergrad Buoyancy of a submerged barrel
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Undergrad Co-ordinate systems and velocities
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Undergrad Stopping a Flywheel: Calculating Time and Torque | 10ft, 20000lbs, 2rpm - dpjkw
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Undergrad Can Airfoils Attached to a Bike Create Enough Lift for Flight?
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate Downforce of an Upwards Curved Spoiler?
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Undergrad Why water compressibility is neglicable
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