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Graduate How Does Rocket Propulsion Work in the Vacuum of Space?
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Undergrad Water depth pressure against air pressure
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Undergrad In a race down inclined plane why does a cube reach bottom first?
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Graduate Unraveling the Role of Pseudo Forces in the Ultracentrifuge: Can They Do Work?
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Graduate How does frequency depend on the potential energy?
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Getting My S10 Ready for Winter Question
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Graduate Time to impact in freefall: mass dependant?
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Undergrad Is Force a Concept or a Real Aspect?
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Undergrad Moment applied on a circular disc
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Undergrad Could some people help to solve an arguement?
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High School Crushing Cars with Just a Mallet/Sledge Hammer
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Undergrad Uniform Circular Motion Around an Oval: Understanding Acceleration Vectors
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High School Is the friction always a bad force?
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High School What are the differences between static and kinetic friciton?
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Undergrad Change potential energy without doing work?
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Plasma balls- Dangerous at all?
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Graduate Generating mechanical frequencies
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Undergrad What is the Minimum Velocity Needed for the Moon to Avoid Crashing into Earth?
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Undergrad Navigating Damped and Forced Harmonic Motion
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High School Is a perpetual motion machine possible?
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Undergrad Something tossed through window
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Spoilers on a Car: What Do They Do?
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Undergrad What's the Difference Between Phrase Velocity and Omega?
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Undergrad Is Pump Flow Rate in a Closed Loop Constant?
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Undergrad Kinetic Energy of Springs with Mass
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High School Is Maximum Velocity Always Indicative of Maximum Acceleration?
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Undergrad Question about Force and Velocity
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High School Calculating Air Volume for Boat Stability in Water
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High School When should the negative sign be included in acceleration for F=ma?
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High School What is the Most Accurate Accepted Value for the Gravitational Field, g?
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Graduate Largest conceivable particle accelerator ?
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How do magnets affect boiling water?
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Undergrad Violation of conservation of angular momentum
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Experience RollerDouble Simulation on MyPhysicsLab.com
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Undergrad Cantilever Help - Finishing Work & Getting Results
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High School What Does 'Jerk' Mean in Physics?
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Undergrad Potential energy of a spring,POTENTIAL ENERGY OF LOADING
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High School What Are Some Engaging Vandergraph Generator Demos for Grade 9 Students?
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Undergrad Is Acceleration Truly Separate from Motion in Physics?
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Undergrad Is Acceleration of Acceleration a Valid Concept in Physics?
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Undergrad Temperature's Impact on Sound Transfer: Is There a Connection?
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Undergrad Motorcycle Crash Math: Energy Calculation
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Undergrad 2 Things: Work-Energy theorem and parabolic trajectories.
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Undergrad Object Rolling: Is Acceleration of Center of Mass Possible?
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High School Can Force Be Determined Solely from Kinetic Energy and Displacement?
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Undergrad Calculating Kinetic Energy of Rotating Bar
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Undergrad Work Energy Theorem and kinetic energy
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How Have Lesser-Known Scientific Ideas Transformed Society?
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Graduate Lagrange's equations to Newton's equations
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High School Why its happened - spring things
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Undergrad What Does F = -\frac{dV}{dx} Reveal About Potential Energy?
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High School Building an RPG: Navigating Physics with Dr. Charington
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High School What is the potential danger of nanotechnology?
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Undergrad Energy loss of damped oscillator
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High School Why do ripples on water appear circular?
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Undergrad Finding the lift of a propeller
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Graduate What is the Role of Damping Coefficient and Ratio in Vibration Theory?
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Undergrad Question on Orbital Motion and Conservation
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Undergrad Centrifugal Force and shape of water
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Undergrad Icebergs in Baths: What Happens to Water Level?
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Undergrad Calculate Horiz. Dist. of 2D Object at Angle w/ V0 & y
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Graduate Forced Vibration Theory: Deriving Solutions for Displacement
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High School Acceleration Due to Gravity in Rocky Mountains
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Undergrad Work energy method and impulse momentum method
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Undergrad Box with a horizontal force at the top
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Undergrad Parabolic paths vs Elliptical paths.
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Graduate Sound Intensity of Piston in Engine at 8000 RPM
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High School Does Sand Falling in an Hourglass Affect the Balance Scale?
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Undergrad How Does Force Influence Potential Energy in Work Dynamics?
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High School Understanding Friction Force Direction & Identification of Relative Motion
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High School Darts in an Elevator: Adjusting Aim?
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Graduate Angular Momentum: Cycle Wheel & Rod System
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High School How Does a Cube Exhibit Rotational Motion?
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Undergrad Approximations and Forces in Physics
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Undergrad Force=mass times acceleration, or time derivative of momentum?
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Undergrad Why Pillows Feel Softer on Hard Floors: The Physics of Force and Cushioning
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Undergrad How Can I Improve My Understanding of Physics 111 Concepts?
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High School Can Two Objects Move Opposite Directions?
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Graduate Classical vs Quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad Mechanical Deformation: Rubber Ball & Cylinder Experiment
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High School Screaming at Twice the Speed of Sound
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Undergrad Understanding the Relationship between Velocity and Time in Calculus
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Undergrad Potential energy of a loaded structure
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Undergrad What is the effect of a moment on a point in a beam?
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High School Figure out horizontal force necessary to move an object
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High School Friction does not care about area
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High School Discover the Motion Pattern of Two Objects Spinning Around Each Other
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High School Are There Metals in the Air Affected by Gravity?
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Undergrad Calculating Impact Speed: 100 Meter Fall with and without Air Resistance
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Undergrad Understanding Energy Methods in Classical Mechanics
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High School Bernoulli's Principle Explained: Ball vs Plane Wing
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Graduate Mechanics problem: a ball rolling off the edge of a table
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High School Is Physics Required to Accurately Launch a Water Balloon with a Slingshot?
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Undergrad Calculating Energy Conservation in a Spring-Mass System
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High School Volume & Pressure: Calculate Cubic Feet of Air for 100 PSI Tank
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Graduate Derivation of Kepler's laws- differential equation question
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Undergrad Rotational Motion of a Rigid Body
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Undergrad The Catch 22 of Newton's 3rd Law
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High School Question regarding Newton's laws
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High School Potential energy of a book resting on a floor
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