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Undergrad Conservation of mass for burning log
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Undergrad Mechanics of a block of mass homework
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High School The Physics of Michael Jordan's Air Walk & Jumping Higher
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Undergrad Rotational Inertia: Mass Distribution & Rolling Object Comparison
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Undergrad Measuring a small amount of motion
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Graduate Forced Vibration on a Cantilever Beam
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Graduate Kinetic Theory and Thermophysical Properties
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High School Investigating Proportionality of Elastic Band Range to Pull-Back Length
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High School Frames of reference & Inertial frames
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Undergrad Determining Velocity Distribution of Water Around Cylindrical Wood
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Undergrad Understanding Lagrangian Action: Tips from a Student
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High School What is the relationship between harmonic motion and the strobe phenomenon?
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Undergrad Inertia and Wr^2 GD^2 and mr^2
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High School Physics of Sailing: Learn More About Boat Motion
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Undergrad Help A Car Guy Out (Volumetric Efficiency)
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High School How Can a Physics Car Project Achieve Automatic Stopping at a Set Distance?
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Undergrad Conserving Energy in Two Identical Rockets
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Undergrad Find the distance/height, impact ,etc of the tsunami?
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High School What happens with drag and students?
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High School Sound and Energy: Evidence of Sound as a Form of Energy
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Undergrad Understanding Pressure in a Pipe System
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High School KE, v squared and a constant of proportionality
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Undergrad What is the derivation for the drag force equation used in Terminal Velocity?
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Undergrad How do I draw shear and moment diagrams for a beam?
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Graduate Flow Around Sphere: Cavitation Condition
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Graduate Calculating height achieved under changing gravitional field
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High School Two Objects Dropping: Do Weights Matter?
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High School Now what exactly does momentum mean
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Undergrad Contact forces and action-at-a-distance forces
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Graduate Potential energy in a moving reference frame
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Undergrad Why is momentum always conserved?
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High School What is the unit ni/sec and how does it relate to distance and speed?
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High School Uniform Circular Motion: Understanding Forces in Space | Basic Physics Question
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High School Understanding Spin: What Force Allows Constant Acceleration?
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Undergrad The physics of putting a rocket into space
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Undergrad Calculating Projectile Trajectories: Aerodynamics of a 2.5cm Ball
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High School How Does a Spinning Doll Demonstrate Physics Principles?
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Undergrad Help with Car Shocks Physics Problem
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High School A question on the conservation of energy
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Graduate Expanding vacuum's friction on subgalactic objects
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Undergrad Understanding Circular Motion: Collars and Rods Explained
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Undergrad Just some simple fluid mechanics questions
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Graduate Lift as a consequence of streamline arguments
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High School Acceleration Comparison: Basketball vs. Tennis Ball
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Graduate Irrotational Flow: Understanding the Physical Implications of Curl(U)=0
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Undergrad Harmonic waves and differential equations
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High School Master the Art of Free Body Diagrams: Understanding Vectors and Scalars
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Undergrad Understanding the Concept of a Gyroscope: How Rotation Defies Gravity
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Undergrad Help Chloé Plot Rocket Trajectory from Earth to Moon
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Undergrad Rate of change of pressure - gases
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Undergrad Can a wave rotate about its axis?
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Undergrad The Controversial Nature of Work: Energy Expenditure
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Undergrad Wave Collision: Combining Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
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Is Meqon the Most User-Friendly Physics Simulator?
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High School Easy Question about Fluid Statics
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High School Solving Bicycle Problems and Understanding Gyroscopes: A Helpful Guide
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Graduate Collision Question: Asteroid Impact & Water Drop Effects
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Undergrad Universal and Gravitational Force
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Undergrad Solving the Volume Increase: Finding L with Two Speakers
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Undergrad Quantifying Energy: Pierre's Question
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High School X(t) = Xo cos (wt) + (Vo/w) sin(wt)
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Undergrad Friction in rotational movement
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Undergrad Trajectory of earth if sun reduced and earth velocity increased
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Undergrad Frequency of Oscillation for Differently Massed Balls
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High School Galileo’s law of falling bodies ?
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High School ES: Does a Engine At Idle Have Potential Energy?
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Could Wind Damage My Banner and Sign?
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High School Speed of Sound & Light at Sea Level
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High School How Do Different Sounds and Heat Relate to Object Interaction and Air Movement?
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Graduate Is there a fundamental connection between energy, momentum, and mass in physics?
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High School What are the best energy sources for building a high pressure cannon?
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Graduate Understanding Geometric and Material Systems: F=dP/dt vs. F=dP/dt+dot(M)
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Undergrad How Does Ball Height Affect Velocity in Newton's Cradle?
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High School Is there a simpler explanation for the equation \omega=\frac{2\pi}{T}=2\pi f?
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Undergrad Minimum Velocity for Satellite Escape from Earth's Attraction
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High School Help me find the resistivity of pure carbon
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Undergrad How does rotational acceleration affect different sized tires?
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Graduate Vector Potential: Analyzing the Lines of Force & B Direction
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Graduate Explaining Newton's Cradle: Proving Conservation of Momentum & KE
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High School Early attempts at determining the speed of sound?
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Graduate Antihydrogen: Is it an Isotope?
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High School How cAN YOU fake no-gravity?
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Undergrad Help on a two masses - two springs system
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High School Change in a change in acceleration
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High School Curious questions about a pendulum
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Undergrad Ionization Potential and Work Function
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Undergrad Unusual Physics: Understanding a Strange Truck Phenomenon in Reality
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Undergrad What is the force needed to displace 1,000,000 cu. ft. of water?
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Undergrad Motorcycle Cornering: Forces Acting on a Stable Bike
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Undergrad Tree height and atmospheric pressure
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Undergrad What Happens to Bernoulli's Equation in a U-Tube Water Column?
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Undergrad Energy required to accelerate a ship WITH ANTIMATTER
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Undergrad Directional pull line for felling trees
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High School Does sound travel towards or away from the source?
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High School Class Project: Moustrap Launcher
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Graduate Measuring the tidal effect of the moon on the earth
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Undergrad Max Ramp Angle for Rolling Ball: mu & Theta
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Undergrad Equation is to get the torque on a wheel
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Undergrad Calculate acceleration of a vehicle.
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Graduate Common Velocity at Maximum Deformation
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