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High School Are Vector Components Always on the X-axis and Y-axis?
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High School Parachute Competition: Find the Equation to Win!
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Undergrad Why don't I weigh more at the poles
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Graduate Calculating the Gravitational Potential of a Spehrical Shell
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Undergrad Solve Time to Speed with Drag Equation
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Undergrad Simple gravity concept question
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Undergrad Double Pendulum Mass & Distance Effects on Period
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Undergrad W=FXS, what distance does the S refers to?
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Undergrad Please settle a debate about horizontal velocity
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Graduate Dealing with vacuums in hydraulic systems
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High School What are the basics of mechanical energy?
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Undergrad How Does a Water Pipe System Explain Electrical Circuit Analogies?
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High School What is Boil off in Liquid Hydrogen?
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Undergrad Why Does Ball-to-Viscometer Diameter Ratio Matter in Viscosity Measurements?
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High School Spinning wheels and diamond wire fences
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Undergrad Does Zero Force Really Hurt When Breaking Boards in Taekwondo?
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Undergrad Leading Shots with Warships: Do BB Shells Strike a Moving Target?
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Graduate Doppler effect to measure angle, not speed
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High School Newtonian Mechanics: Forces & Acceleration Explained
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High School Two objects of different mass fall with gravity - which falls faster?
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High School A rubber ball thrown to a wall
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High School Solving "Sag" Physics for 2D Games
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Graduate Galilean structure, inertial system and two bodies
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Undergrad Calculating Torque and Rate of Turn in Snowboarding
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High School What are some equations for real world physics in video games?
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Undergrad Graphing a rotational spring's constant
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Undergrad Help with Newtonian Mechanics & Fluids for Game Programming
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Undergrad Why Does the Measured Force Decrease as Distance Increases in Circular Motion?
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High School Potential difference across parallel circuits
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High School Kinetic energy 1/2 mv^2 looks similar to E = mc^2
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Undergrad Conservation of angular momentum proof
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Undergrad How Can We Improvise Buoyancy Control for a Mini-Submarine Without Using a BCD?
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Undergrad Visit a Coal Power Plant: 660Mw and Beyond
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High School Free Fall Definition: What Is It?
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Undergrad Calculating the Torque of a Cylindrical Flywheel
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High School Ideal Gases: What Kind of Work?
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Undergrad How Can I Determine Elevation Based on Changes in Air Pressure?
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Undergrad Unexplained Project March 19, 2007 | Investigate Newton's Laws
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Undergrad Energy Conservation: Kinetic Energy After Collision
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Undergrad So I came across these devices called lifters.
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High School Negative or positive of a displacement and velocity
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High School How would you explain conservation of angular momentum to a six year old?
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Undergrad Snowboarding Physics: Turning & Center of Mass
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Undergrad Physics Demo: Why Does 20 Pound Ball Fall Differently?
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Undergrad Need help about coupled pendulum
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Undergrad Help with Rocket Problem - A, B, and C
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High School What Are Some Simple Yet Detailed Physics Experiments on Momentum?
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Undergrad Solve Cable Tension Problem with Density & Mass
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High School Tension is the force exerted by a rope on the body,. .
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Graduate Relative Velocity of Points on Rotating Disc
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Graduate Solving Missile Movement Problem in 2D Game Development
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High School Speed vs Velocity: What's the Difference?
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Graduate Disturbing Results: Proving Euler's Equation
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High School Inertia is directly proportional to mass
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Undergrad Power calculation for a sprinter
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Undergrad Viper and toy car - who's fastest?
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Undergrad Thoughts on the caged birds in a plane chestnut.
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High School Why is Work Defined as Force X Distance? Explained
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High School Force Definition: What Is Force?
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Undergrad Ferris Wheel Physics: Solving for Weightlessness Velocity
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Undergrad Is measuring energy without factoring in the effort of a bigger mass misleading?
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Undergrad Turning a Swivel Chair: Physics Explained
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Undergrad Most UN-intuitive physics of everyday experience?
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Undergrad What is Force? | Force Definition
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Undergrad What is the cause of friction?
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Graduate How Can the Potential Due to an Infinitely Large Plate Be Justified?
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Graduate Measuring Particle Speed at CERN: A Physicist's Guide
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Graduate A problem with rotational dynamics
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Graduate Derivation of the viscosity term
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Undergrad Blood pressure Bernoulli physicsforums
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High School Gravitational force and distance
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High School Solve the Riddle: Juggling Force All
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Undergrad Can a generator and motor system create perpetual motion using Faraday's Law?
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Undergrad Freshman Electric Engineer Explores Meaning of F=ma
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High School Confused about negative velocities (beginner physics)
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Undergrad Momentum Exchange In Real Collisions
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Undergrad Atomic Weights: Why They're Not Integer & What is an AMU?
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Undergrad Moving without the application of an external force
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Graduate Rain and Centifugal Force Puzzler
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Undergrad How Does Air Resistance Affect Terminal Velocity and Impact Energy?
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Graduate Hamiltonian/Lagrangian Mechanics
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Graduate Estimating Change in Year Length Due to Moon Receding
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Undergrad Fluid mechanic, Total pressure
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Undergrad How Do Centrifuges Work From a Newtonian Perspective?
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High School Where does a Newton come from?
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Undergrad Why sound wave travels faster in humid air than in dry air?
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Undergrad Proving $\tau = I\alpha$ for Continous Mass Distribution
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Undergrad Is work done in lifting an object with a spring more than lifting it with a rod?
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Undergrad Understanding Pressure Imbalance in a U-Tube: Exploring Fluid Mechanics
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Undergrad Drag Force Equation Useless in Finding Terminal Velocity
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Graduate Setting up Differential Equations of Motion
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Graduate Physical principles of hovercraft?
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High School What factors influence the speed of sound in different mediums?
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Undergrad Questions related to racing and physics
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High School What Is Galileo's Horse and Rider Experiment?
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Undergrad Energy loss converting water to hydrogen then back to water
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High School If I lost 50lbs how much higher could I jump?
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High School Escaping Earth: Is 25,000 mph the Limit?
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Undergrad Can a Standard Camera Measure the Acceleration of a Karate Punch?
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Graduate Gravitation between point masses
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