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Undergrad Solving a Ball Dropping Problem on the Equator
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Undergrad Does Initial Velocity Affect Falling Objects' Time to Hit the Ground?
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Undergrad Center of Gravity & Rigid-Body Equilibrium Difficulties
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High School Calculating Ball Velocity: Understanding the Movement of a Thrown Ball
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Undergrad Can Hydrogen have a DC Circuit?
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Undergrad How Do Size and Scale Affect Animal Movement Speeds?
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Graduate Solving Line & Velocity Elements in Spherical Coordinates
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Undergrad The graphic of |F||D|=1 is hyperbola or ellipse
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Undergrad Why do we usually talk about Newton's THREE laws?
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Undergrad Separation of Linear and Angular Momentum - Explained
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Undergrad Optimal Direction for Escape Velocity from a Planet
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Undergrad If sound moves faster through ?
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Undergrad Can Angular Momentum Be Converted into Linear Momentum?
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Undergrad Distance and acceleration problem
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High School What Are the Rules and Techniques Used in Accident Investigation?
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Undergrad Riding Verticle Cylinders: A Physics Case Study
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Undergrad Two spheres collide and assume that the collision is perfectly elastic
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Undergrad Calculate Mass of Material for Hollow Spherical Shell
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Undergrad Escape velocity and gravitation
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Undergrad Find Velocity for Object to Reach Space & Return in 8 Days
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Undergrad Calculating Ball Velocity Dropped From Moving Helicopter
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Undergrad Wind Power Generator: Does the Temperature of Wind Drop?
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High School Unravelling the Mystery of Car Windscreen Steaming
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High School Air Pressure & Temperature: Is the Relationship Correct?
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High School Understanding the Direction of Pressure in Air and Water Environments
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High School How high can salmon jump above water?
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High School Solving Vector Addition Without Angle Measurements
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Undergrad Gravitation Q&A: Earth's Acceleration & Planetary Collisions
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Undergrad How does Archimedes' Principle prove buoyancy?
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Graduate Gravity of Torus: Understand Its Impact on Shape & Movement
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Undergrad How do the Casimir force and cold welds relate?
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Undergrad SupermanMotion Question: What Happens to A When Its Environment Disappears?
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Undergrad Gravitation Help: Newton's Laws, Moon & Earth, and F_g=m*G/R_e^2
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High School Does Bus Travel Affect the Boy's P.E.?
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Graduate Kinetic Energy due to rotational motion
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Undergrad Vector Physics: Proving Pythagoras' Theorem
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Undergrad Can RC Car Clear a 20' Ramp at Racing Speed?
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High School What is the Difference Between Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity?
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Undergrad Generators: Water instead of a coil?
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Undergrad Center of Mass vs Center of Gravity - Explained
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Undergrad A better Vandegraaf generator?
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Graduate Hamilton's principle and Lagrangian mechanics
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Undergrad Is There a Difference Between Push and Pull in a Spinning Space Station?
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High School Constructing a Rotating Wood Platform for Adults | Easy DIY Guide
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High School Building a waterballoon launching Trebuchet
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High School Gravitational Forces on the Edge of a Disk
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High School Solving the Mystery of M1 and M2: What is the Equation for?
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Graduate Question concerning rigid bodies
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Undergrad Rotational momentum - anybody an expert?
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High School Why Shallow Water Slows Down Water Waves
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Graduate What Lies on the Other Side of Pressure ?
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Graduate Transitions from Rest State to Rectilinear Motion: Infinite Jerk?
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Graduate Phase space geometry for a deterministic quantum mechanics
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Undergrad SleeperHow does the rotation of the Earth affect flight times?
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Undergrad How Do Mass and Velocity Affect Kinetic Energy in Moving Objects?
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High School Static Friction Vs Dynamic/Kinetic Friction
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High School Calculating Tension: Force P and Mass m in a Toy Car Train System
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Undergrad How Does the Center of Mass Remain Stationary During Constant Motion?
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Graduate Does the fabric of space itself cause friction?
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Undergrad Understanding the Mechanics of a Falling Bucket of Water: A Conceptual Question
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Undergrad Is Object 2 Traveling at Double the Speed of Light Relative to Object 1?
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Graduate Explaining Lawn Sprinkler's Movement: P> & P< Pa
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Graduate Water,a manifestation of WHAT?
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High School Where does 1/2 come from in 1/2kx^2?
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High School Bungy Jumping: Max Elastic Potential Energy Explained
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High School Does Spinning on a Top Cause Acceleration?
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Undergrad Understanding Buoyancy: The Role of Surface Imperfections in Object Submersion
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Undergrad Derivate the forumla for the acceleration due to gravity
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Undergrad Is My Course Schedule Too Much to Handle?
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Undergrad Falling Objects Puzzle: Find Ratio of Heights
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Bungee Jumping Grav: Thanks for Your Support
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Identifying if Liquid on Table is Water
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High School Is the force on pole F1 greater than F2 in this torque example?
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Undergrad Best Way To Create Pressure Inside A Container
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Undergrad What do you think of a reaction motor that works only with spinning pistons?
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Undergrad Wrong Newton Law? according to Einstein
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High School Airplane Velocity and Wind Speed: A Scientific Debate | Xeno's Perspective
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High School Perpetual motion and free energy possible?
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Undergrad Finding Surface area using Newton's Law
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Graduate How Do Physics Theories Explain Time and Space?
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Undergrad What Is the Optimal Angle to Pull a Rope for Maximum Block Acceleration?
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Graduate Cartwheeling/spinning rod problem
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Undergrad Understanding Work and Energy Transfer: The Relationship and Implications
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A theory of everything that really works:
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Graduate Classical mechanics problem books
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Undergrad Computing Gravity: Formula for Average Acceleration
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Undergrad Why Are Hot Brake Pads Harder to Manage?
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Undergrad Boyant Force Questioni^^ Again?
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Graduate Polygonal addition of forces is invalid->
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High School Understanding Torque: A Question for Physics Newcomers
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Undergrad Projectile Motion with Air Friction: Parabola or Not?
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Undergrad Solving Artillery Simulation Problems in High School
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Graduate Why does gravity cause pressure?
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What is a Perpetual Motion Device and How Can I Make One?
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Undergrad The range of a projectile fired up the side of a mountain?
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Graduate Can Quantum Jumps Same as Dimension Jumps ?
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High School Does Buoyant Force Demonstrate Newton's Third Law?
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Graduate Question about moment of inertia
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Graduate Newton's Theory of Everything (TOE): Geometry, Transition, & Exclusion
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Graduate Anharmonic Effects in a Simple Pendulum with 2s Period
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