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Undergrad Speedometer Principle: Measuring Air/Water Speed
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Undergrad Ether with a speed of at least 3x10^4 m/sec?
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High School What Is the Definition of Net Force?
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Undergrad Plexiglas (PMMA) Vapour Pressure: Seeking Info
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Undergrad Vehicle: Force - Velocity Question
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Undergrad Kinetic theory of gases momentum
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Undergrad Question about energy requirements for acceleration
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Graduate Potential Energy Based On Order Of Force Applications?
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Undergrad How Does Air Resistance Affect Projectile Motion and Free Fall?
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High School How Long Can 32oz of 78°F Water Last in 0°F Freezer? | Wichita KS
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Undergrad When is turbulence beneficial?
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Graduate Question about conservation laws & Feynman Lectures
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High School Problem with learning how to use equations of motion
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High School Do Matter & Energy Move in Space?
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Undergrad Tennis ball spinning-which direction will lead to?
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Undergrad Picky about initial velocity condition
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Undergrad Understanding horizontal and vertical components of a falling object
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Graduate Wired question request some pro help
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Undergrad Potential Energy After Escape Velocity
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High School Illustrating difference of mass and weight
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High School Question regarding a car crash
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Undergrad Rotational Motion and Friction
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High School How much height does a bouncing ball lose after its first bounce?
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Undergrad Can a Character's Maximum Distance in a Time Step Be Determined by Vmax*Dt?
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Undergrad Vector forces on projectile motion
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Undergrad Carbon Attraction: Why Does Diamond Not Disappear?
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Undergrad How to Calculate the Mass of a Material for a Hollow Spherical Shell?
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High School What is the purpose of a dual adjustable DC power supply and how does it work?
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Graduate Infinite energy and conservation
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High School What pump is this and how does it work.
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Undergrad Space Elevator and Centrifugal Force
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Graduate Lever system with a moving mass
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Graduate Air Drag Formula: Solving Maik's Rocket Project Challenge
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Graduate Virial Theorem and Frictional Forces
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Graduate Water Pressure and Equilibrium in Underwater Cylinders
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Undergrad Are Head Pressures in Two Different Wells Comparable?
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High School Why: Why Does Water Freeze at 32 Deg F?
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Undergrad Solving Buoyancy Problems: Finding Mass & Volume of Unknown Block
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Undergrad What is the force multiplication in a cable connected train engine and carriage?
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Undergrad Equality between centrifugal force and V
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Undergrad How do i calculate a normal force when gravity is not the only force involved?
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High School Combining two fans for more power.
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High School Uncovering the Science Behind Erasers: Why Do They Only Work for Pencil Marks?
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Graduate Can a U-tube with a moving piston maintain continuity in fluid flow?
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High School Motors & Generators practical investigation ideas
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Undergrad Calculating the coefficient of friction of a car going down a ramp
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Graduate Why Doesn't the Foucault Pendulum's Oscillation Plane Rotate with Earth?
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Graduate Vacuum Problem (pumping speed and pressure as a functino of time)
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High School Discovering Syringe Pressure & Suction: Small vs. Large Diameter Explained
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High School Possible for a body to have zero velocity and non-zero acceleration
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Undergrad Rope tension and normal force of scales?
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Undergrad Resultant wind speed/direction .
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Undergrad Understanding Head-On Collisions: Definition and Impact in Physics"
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Undergrad Why can you see stars (1/r or 1/r^2 dropoff of power)?
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Undergrad Problem with gravitation equation
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Undergrad Momentum & Velocity: Math Equation Correlation
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Undergrad Understanding the Beat Phenomenon: How Equal Amplitudes Create Harmonious Tones
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Undergrad Can You Prove These Physics Formulas and Galileo's Law?
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Graduate What are some real-world examples of compressible fluid mechanics in action?
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Graduate Calculus of variations in mechanics
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Graduate Understanding gyro without angular mom
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High School Hamster in Cage: Internal or External Forces?
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Pushing more weight than you, does muscle matter?
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Undergrad Can We Rotate the Earth with a Rocket?
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High School Coefficient of Friction and Normal Force
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Graduate Creating an Efficient Atmospheric Powerplant with Hot Air Balloon Principles
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Graduate What exactly is a classical Rotator and quantum-mechanical Rotator
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High School Displacement vs. Point of Origin
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Undergrad Inertia and equlibrium of machines
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Graduate Prove F=-grad(U): Euler-Lagrange Equation Theorem
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Answer for Symon's Mechanics Exercices
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High School How would you define head-on collision?
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Graduate Torque about an accelerating axis
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Graduate Linear Motion to Angular Motion via an Impulse
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Undergrad Amplifying a He-Ne Laser: Tips and Guidelines for Beginners
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Graduate Meaning of thermodynamical potentials (F,H,G,E)
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Undergrad Modelling Gravitational Motion
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Undergrad Finding Block's Maximum Height in SHM Platform
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Graduate Constraint Forces: Definition & Necessity
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Tennis Ball- Is this possible?
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Undergrad Freezing water in an unexpandable container?
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Undergrad Measuring the lifting power of an out runner motor
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High School Couple of Physics Question dealing with momentum, force, etc
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High School Learn How to Counterbalance Your Ladder Using a Fulcrum | 3'-6" from Top
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Undergrad Solving for Velocity and Acceleration Error: A Confusing Task
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Undergrad Why ball turns when rotated after being kicked.
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High School Riding a Bike vs 200mph Wind: Who Has More Force?
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Graduate Meaning of equiprobability principle in statistical mechanics
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Undergrad Time taken to free fall to centre of earth - if allowed?
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High School How to describe characteristics a parabola?
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High School Find Velocity of Two Moving Objects: Formula for Relative Speed Calculation
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Undergrad Can Linear Momentum Be Analyzed for Just Two Bodies in a Group of 1000?
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Undergrad Sound Dissipation: Find Equation to Measure How Far it Travels
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Graduate Symmetric Axial Vector Torque and Uniform Forces: Exploring Equivalence
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Graduate Achieving a negative pressure with a syringe
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High School Airplane Wings: Questions and Resources
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Undergrad Turbines / conservation of energy
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Undergrad Work done lifting an object underwater
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Undergrad Law of Conservation. How is this possible?
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Undergrad Coriolis and Foucault Pendulum
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