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Graduate Quadrupole Potential: Help Derive and Decipher This Beast
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Undergrad Earth's Elliptical Orbit around the Sun
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Undergrad Calculating Force of Impact in Car-Motorcyclist Collision
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High School Confused about conservation of momentum
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Undergrad Defining Mechanical Energy: A Scientist's Perspective
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Undergrad A reliable source for the terminal velocity of a tennis ball.
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High School Inertia or Tension: Pulling a Stretched String
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Undergrad Elastic off-center central collisions (?)
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Undergrad Differences between the Francis Formula & Torrecelli Formula
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Undergrad Carrying Multiple Frequencies On A Single Copper Cable
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Undergrad Understanding derivation of kinetic energy from impulse?
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Undergrad Lever question when lever is angled
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Undergrad How Do Olympic Gymnasts Utilize Physics to Perform Flips?
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Graduate Symmetry in Statistical Mechanics
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High School Can Earth's Atmosphere Retain All Types of Atoms?
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Undergrad Billiards - Predicting Optimal Trajectories?
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High School Model Rocket Launch Equations for Successful Launches
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High School Hearing in Space: Can You Hear a Vacuum?
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Graduate How does a system consisting of two nuclei have rotational symmetry?
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Graduate The physics of falling and landing
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High School Understanding the Meaning of '100 Pounds' in Physics
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Undergrad Help me A spinning blue plastic object made me sleepless.
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Undergrad Three masses elastic collision
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High School How Does Air Flow Over an Aircraft Wing?
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High School Impossable with a pump to suck water from a lake
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Undergrad Changing the course of an asteroid
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Undergrad Maintaining Flywheel Momentum for Indefinite Period
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Undergrad Role of rear wheels in steering
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Undergrad Using Moments of Inertia and Stress to Determine Maximum Load on a Beam
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High School What Is the Difference Between Mass and Weight?
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Graduate Acceleration (d^2x/dt^2) as a function of x; x as a function of t.
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Undergrad Question corncerning acceleration and velocity
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Graduate Physics of Billiard: Understanding Angular Position & Rotation
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Undergrad Formula for differential wheels translation/rotation
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Undergrad A project that needs direction, on gravity, friction, acceleration & deceleration
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High School Low Rider Bicycle Steering: What's the Lowest Angle?
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Undergrad Rotational inertia of truck and trailer
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Undergrad Must d be Perpendicular Distance for Moment of Force?
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High School Inclined Planes: Heavier Can Go Farther?
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Undergrad Finding Extension of Rod with FcosQ and FsinQ Applied
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High School Understanding the concept of tension
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High School Is Work Equal to Force Times Distance?
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High School Reference area, in drag coefficient formula
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Undergrad Just a quick question about a car jumping.
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Undergrad Calculating Work Between Two Points on a Line – Simple Question
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Graduate Liouville's Eq. applied to debris in space
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Undergrad Fireman with a firehose scenario
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Undergrad Will This Perfectly Balanced Rocket Fly Upward or Bounce Continuously?
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Graduate How do I calculate acceleration with a mass of Zero
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Undergrad Question about water flow through a PC watercooling system
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Graduate Spring mass system with applied force kinetic energy
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Undergrad Crash Physics: Deceleration & Material Properties
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Undergrad Is it viable to talk about physical impacts in terms of force instead of energy?
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High School Making photos under the water with common camera
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Undergrad Relation between mass and velocity
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Graduate Degenerating force in Lagrangian mechanics
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Undergrad Life-saving 'Pole' for Cliff-edge drop
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Undergrad Conserving Momentum in an Inelastic Collision: Explained
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Undergrad Question about calculating bullet penetration
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Undergrad About 'origin' of the centrifugal force
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Graduate Why does the weighing scale show a different value when gravity is turned off?
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High School Same gravitational acceleration of unequal masses
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Undergrad Calculating Force of Jumping Motorcycle
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Undergrad Will a Sphere Roll or Slide on an Inclined Plane?
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Undergrad Force of car at 40mph is equivalent to bowling ball at ?
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Undergrad Does Adding Weight to a Tennis Racket Handle Improve Maneuverability?
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum on a swing
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Undergrad What are the Physics Behind Baseball Pitching Techniques and Illegal Pitches?
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Undergrad How powerful would super jump shoes have to be?
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Undergrad Is Friction Dependent on Surface Area in Braking Performance?
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Undergrad Does Fall Duration Affect Impact Force Near Earth?
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Undergrad Building a Paper Airplane for a 9ft Drop and 8m Flight
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High School Basic question on the Newton and acceleration
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High School Question about weight/mass/force I can´t explain
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Graduate How do you make the potential zero at infinity, here
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High School What makes the sound when balloons pop?
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Undergrad Relationship power and amplitude
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Graduate Angular momentum, Spin and satelites
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High School Why does water with no gravity acting upon it form a sphere?
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Graduate Angular momentum of a solenoid
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High School What is the formula for calculating mechanical advantage in a pulley system?
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A general, if a bit silly a question
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Graduate Angular velocity vs Quaternions
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High School How do you work out the take off velocity from max vertical height attained?
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Undergrad Conservation of Linear/Angular Momentum?
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High School Does Potential Energy Work In Horizontal Plane?
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Undergrad How do Toroids work, and What are they used for?
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Undergrad Reynolds Number of a circular plate perpendicular to external flow
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High School Gravity & State of Matter: Does Force Vary?
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Undergrad Calculating Additional Braking Torque Due To Momentum
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High School Effects of Friction on Deceleration.
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Undergrad Can a Bullet Shot from a Gun on a Moving Plane Exceed 1000km/h?
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High School Which one would work better for me: PVC or Aluminum?
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Undergrad Calculating the Speed of a Spinning Wheel for Engineering Students
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High School Is Is acceleration due to gravity and gravity same thing?
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High School Can rotational force of the earth have any effect on flying projectiles?
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Undergrad Difference between intensity and power
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High School Why should or shouldnt this work?
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High School Graphing question with Springs and Energy?
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Undergrad Does water density play a role in the speed of surface waves?
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