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High School Graph Distance vs. Time: Accelerating Car
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High School Angular velocity and rotational motion
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Undergrad Can a Non-Linear Spring Constant Affect Projectile Motion Results?
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Undergrad Right hand rule for Spinning things
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Undergrad Is stoke's number same as inertial impaction parameter?
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Graduate E+M fields for a localized pulse
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Undergrad Does Reducing a Satellite's Speed Guarantee Its Descent to Earth?
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Undergrad Disney's movie Ice Princess mistake?
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Undergrad About force, mass, Newton's 2nd law and inertial frame
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High School What is a good subject for my first physics project?
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High School Making A Small Roller Coaster - A couple of questions (please answer )
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Graduate Apparent paradox with instantaneous change with velocity
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High School How do I reduce the coeff. of friction against water?
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Undergrad Simple Harmonic Motion with 2 Springs attached to a Dynamics Cart
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Undergrad Modeling eliptical motion of planets
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Graduate Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy principle
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Undergrad Difference between a conservative and nonconservative vector fields
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Undergrad Complimentary Angles In Archery
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Undergrad Conservation of Angular Momentum
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion and Wave Motion
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Graduate Does Angular Momentum Change When We Drop Weights From A Rotating Turntable?
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Undergrad Center of masses and proving gravity
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Undergrad Maximizing Engine Power: The Benefits of Using a Trailer for Moving Heavy Loads
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Undergrad Which Averages Determine the Linear Least Squares Fit in Physics Experiments?
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High School What angle do I use to find the perpendicular force in torque calculations?
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Undergrad Can Negative Force Result in Positive Work?
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High School Can a Man Stop a Helicopter Taking Off?
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Undergrad Forces Applied to Bicycle Pedals
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Undergrad Atwoods: Deriving Torque Relation with R
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High School How Do Scales Maintain Balance Without Swinging All the Way Down?
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Undergrad Energy + momentum conservation paradox
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Undergrad Modeling Time to Cover Distance with variable acceleration
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Graduate Clarification on Torque/Angular Momentum in Case of Accelerating Center of Mass
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Graduate Rolling Motion, a Contradiction
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Undergrad Water gushing out the barrel: Which barrel has the correct hole placement?
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High School Speed of sound super sonic jet
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia: Does Mass Matter?
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High School Explain Inertia: Science & Process
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Undergrad Find Mechanics Problems with Solutions for Physics 218 Exams
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Undergrad How Does the Radius of a Raindrop Affect Its Acceleration and Terminal Velocity?
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High School Why Does a Rocket's Momentum Remain Unchanged but Its Kinetic Energy Increases?
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Undergrad Acceleration / velocity & safety
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High School Seperating water into oxygen and hydrogen.
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Undergrad How can I use torque and angular acceleration to trick a slot machine?
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Undergrad Angular Frequency and Angular Velocity
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Undergrad Solving Fuzzy Dice Problem for Acceleration of Car
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High School Minimum speed of an object required to go round a circular loop.
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High School Jets speeding up earths rotaion
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High School Understanding Signs of Net Force in Mass-Spring Systems
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Undergrad Can a Human Fly? Calculating Wave Speed to Lift 75kg Weight
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Undergrad Measuring Gravity with a Pendulum on Other Planets
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Undergrad Moment Inertia Tensor: Difference Explained
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Undergrad Water psi effect on boat transducer
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High School Does a Bullet Speed Up After Being Fired?
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Undergrad Physics of Wakeboarding/Waterskiing
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High School Testing Compression/Tension of Popsicle Sticks in Physics Bridge
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Undergrad Calculate Wind Speed at 88masl with Coefficient 0.3
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High School Why Doesn't the Glass Move When You Pull the Paper/Cloth?
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Undergrad Relation Between Inertia And Kinetic Energy Question
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High School High school project to propel a toy rocket as high as possible
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Graduate With moving source, power shift?
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Undergrad Work and change in kinetic energy
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Graduate Modeling Friction with Lagrange: Easiest Method?
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Undergrad Estimate Your Ear Canal Length: Hear Soft Sounds!
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Undergrad Help Needed: Calculating Acceleration over 185 Meters
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High School Rocket Ship Question: How Much Gas for 2000 MPH?
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Undergrad Kinetic energy and momentum p=mv
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High School Does Shape Affect Terminal Velocity?
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Undergrad Static Friction: Factors & Magnitude Limits
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Undergrad Did the Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima Reach Supersonic Speeds?
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Graduate How Does Radius Change Over Time Relate to Torque and Newton's Second Law?
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High School Can a Car Turn 90 Degrees at High Speeds Using a Grappling Hook?
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Undergrad Questions about roller coaster physics
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Graduate Open problems in fluid mechanics
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Undergrad What does position resolution (in %) mean? Is a low percentage better?
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Undergrad Humans don't hear below ~20 Hz, so why can we hear a singular sound?
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High School Convert .130 kg to Newtons: Is Gravity Relevant?
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Undergrad Discovering the Physics Behind Boiling Water's Temperature Limit
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High School What Powers This Record-Breaking Radio Control Glider?
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High School Why Can't I Lift More with a Barbell Than Dumbbells?
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Undergrad Please provide an example of INTERNAL and EXTERNAL torque
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Undergrad Trampoline Problem: Find Minimum h Value for Sinusoidal Function
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High School Paint on cars that change colour
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Undergrad Chicken through the windshield
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Graduate How much power is needed to ride a conveyor belt into space?
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Undergrad Drag Vs Depth Calculator: Object Velocity, Mass and Weight
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Graduate Bernoulli's spinning-top-cylinder problem
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Undergrad Total Mechanical Energy & Escape Velocity: Explained
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Undergrad Rocket Launch from Mt. Everest Equator: Benefits & Efficiency
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High School Brake or Swerve? My Professor Explained It
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Undergrad Does the Coriolis Force Affect Tea Leaf Movement in a Stirred Cup?
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Graduate Conservation of Angular/Linear momentum in a system?
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Undergrad Bernoulli's Principle explanation help
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High School What is momentum and how does it relate to running?
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High School Circular motion and vertical circle
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High School How does radar find the position of an object?
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Undergrad Wheels, camber thrust and slopes.
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High School Angular Velocity: What's the Difference between Horizontal and Vertical Circles?
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Undergrad Does the force of gravity ever have a reaction force?
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Undergrad Cannon Length: Why does it matter?
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