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Undergrad Why do water bottle oscillations grow on a sloping surface?
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Undergrad Maximizing Paintball Accuracy: Finding the Perfect Barrel Length
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Undergrad Static vs Kinetic Friction in Rotating Systems
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Undergrad Pressure Drop & Flow Rate for Oxygen Delivery Tube
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High School Why Is There a Net Upward Force on Submerged Objects?
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Undergrad I violate law of energy conservation
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High School Car travelling at constant speed (embarassed to ask)
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High School How do you determine how fast an item sinks in water ?
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Graduate Boundary Conditions, Continuum Mechanics
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Undergrad Propelling a Rod in Space with an Electric Motor
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Undergrad What difference does a longer skate make?
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High School Calculating the Force and Distance for Lifting a Heavy Object: A Practical Guide
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High School Simple equation to calculate my initial velocity
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High School What is the force keeping a twirling mass from falling due to gravity?
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Graduate Fluid mechanics: Some elementary concepts
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Undergrad Conservation of linear momentum
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Undergrad Simple Statics Question: Three Legged Table
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Graduate What Would Happen If We Ignored the Rotation of Earth When Using an Elevator?
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Undergrad How Is Young's Modulus Calculated for a Cantilever in SHM Experiments?
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Undergrad N Montreal Velódromo Roof Raised 10cm by Machines
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Graduate Solving 3 Body Elastic Collision Problem - Littlepig
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Undergrad Generalised Coordinates: Lagrangian/Hamiltonian Mechanics
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High School Does Tying a Knot in a Plastic Bag Double its Weight?
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Undergrad Understanding Physics Behind Child's Tennis Game
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High School Improved Gas Mileage with Increased Tire Pressure?
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High School Hole straight through the Earth?
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Undergrad Resolve Debate: Wire Rope End Loop & Crimp Forces
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High School Exciting Experiments for Linear Momentum Conservation
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Graduate Explain the proof in goldstein
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Undergrad Linear Momentum & CM: Moving Entire System or CM?
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Undergrad Solving 1-D Motion Questions with Constant Velocity and Acceleration
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Undergrad Cantilever Deflection: Equation for Uniform Load
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Undergrad Why was angular momentum defined as it was?
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Undergrad Energy of different frequencies of sound
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High School What are some tips for understanding projectiles in physics?
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Undergrad Why does moving the point of force application increase torque?
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Undergrad Centrifugal force and Newton 3rd law
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High School What is the Measurement of Water Column Pressure?
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High School Projectiles and effects on gravity
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High School Discover the Simple and Elegant Proof of Ac = (V^2)/R | No Calculus Needed!
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Undergrad Two particles and gravity; non-constant acceleration
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High School What is the relationship between density and buoyancy in a liquid?
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Graduate Can Water Be Made Flammable Through RF Irradiation and Minerals?
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Undergrad Calculating Spring Force for Fluid Control Regulator
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Undergrad Vertical Testing: 420lbs vs 350lbs Dropped 5 Feet
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Undergrad Horizontal Waterwheel (from: centrifugal force thread)
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Undergrad Quick question regarding tangential acceleration
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Undergrad Equilibrium Weight: Finding Balance for Art Project
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Undergrad Understanding Buoyancy Force in Static Equilibrium: Explained
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Undergrad Direction of Static Friction on an incline plane
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Undergrad Do Dropped Objects Reach the Ground with Equal Force?
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Undergrad Understanding the Impact of Bowling Ball Weight on Force: MV vs. 1/2MV^2
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Undergrad Proving Speeding in Car Accident with Physics
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Graduate Gravitation: Sphere is same as point mass?
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Graduate Power wind calculation and blade area
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Graduate How important Coriolis force is
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Undergrad Could Vortexes Enhance Rocket Propulsion Efficiency?
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Undergrad Calculating Final Velocity with Inelastic Equations
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Graduate A problem about spherical pendulum that filled with water
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Undergrad Why kinetic energy is proportional to velocity squared
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Graduate Spring System with Variable Tensions, functions of displacement.
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High School NET Force on Massless Body: Acceleration & Spring Force
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Graduate Path of falling person inside B5 rotating space station
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Undergrad How can I calculate the temporal characteristics of a pulsed solenoid circuit?
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Undergrad Brownian Motion: Questions and Answers
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Graduate How Does Acceleration Affect Pendulum Deflection?
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High School Angular Acceleration vs Tangential Acceleration
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Graduate Difference between incompressible viscous and incompressible inviscid flow.
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Undergrad Ball in an Accelerating Bus moves backwards
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Undergrad Why Does a Cork Float Horizontally Instead of Vertically?
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Undergrad Understanding Potential Energy: Answers from a Physics Noob
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High School Why do you stumble forward when a bus starts moving?
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Undergrad What is the Maximum Range of a Three-Man Water Balloon Launcher?
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Graduate Why Does Work Done on an Object Differ Between Inertial Frames?
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High School Why does this skyscraper stabilizing ball work?
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Undergrad Parking uphill without a curb - question
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High School Grade 10 physics reviewer questions (QUICK)
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High School What speed will an object fall?
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Undergrad Conservation of Momentum: Solving For Velocity After Collision
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High School The Science Behind Why Water Freezes When Shaken
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Undergrad What Determines the Total Acceleration Vector at the Top of a Roadway Rise?
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High School What is the alternate formula for finding friction coefficient on a ramp?
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Undergrad Tennis Ball Vs Glass Ball Vs Rubber Ball
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Undergrad How can I calculate the velocity of a golf ball using a compressed air gun?
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Undergrad Is Friction Caused by Electron Repulsion in Collisions?
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High School Friction between bodies in motion
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Undergrad Friction Questions: Why does it increase and why does it lag?
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High School Which is Better for Mechanics: mg or W (Weight)?
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Undergrad What Are the Physiological Limits of Acceleration in Physics?
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High School Accelerating car and the person driving it
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Graduate I want to Ionize Hydrogen in a Balloon
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High School Tangential Acceleration of uniform motion
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High School Can someone explain this? (water)
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Undergrad Spinning Objects in a Rotation: Causes and Effects
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Graduate Multi-angular Momenta: Q re Angular Momentum (L)
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Undergrad Aparent contradiction - pressure and velocity
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Undergrad Calculate Force of Bullet Shot Against Wall: v, m
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Graduate Spinning Top Equations of Motion
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Undergrad Dimension of momentum per metre
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Undergrad Newtons Law on Gravitational Force
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