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High School Is Mechanics applicable in Space?
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High School Force, accleration vectors or not
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High School Where does potential energy come from?
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High School What are the conditions used,While calculation of T of Pendulum
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High School Weight and gravitational force?
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High School Understanding the concept of Kinetic Energy
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High School Centripetal Force and radius of the circle
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High School Elementary questions relating to Newton's laws of motion
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High School What is the difference between conservative and nonconservative force?
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High School What do YOU think the most important FirstYear Phys topic is?
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High School How is a Newton a Unit of force, doesnt include direction
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High School Definition of Force confused about how it includes direction
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High School Is Angular Momentum Conserved in Real Life Situations?
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High School Force to keep the folding doors
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High School Barometric pressure and the math behind it. Very interesting, I think.
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High School Simple pendulum, changing amplitude vs changing the length of string
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High School What is the important dimension in this brain teasing system?
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High School Is Air Dragged into Water When Using a Spoon with a Hole?
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High School Direction of Axle Force on Pivoted Disk
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High School How did Newton discover law of gravitation
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High School Problem in Vector Resolution and Component
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High School Does a Double Pulley System Double the Stretch Distance of a Spring?
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High School Why there is no work done when one is holding weight?
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High School Incline Planes: question about distance?
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High School Define Individual Forces Acting on a Body
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High School Understanding Normal and Gravity Forces in Stacked Block Structures
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High School The Impact of Running on Mass: Albert Einstein's Theory
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High School 12g CO2 cartridge energy in J?
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High School Relationship of simple pendulum
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High School Is 11 km/s Velocity Enough to Escape Earth's Atmosphere?
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High School Example of x0 in the kinematic equation for displacement
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High School Why does a seesaw still lean even when the forces are equal on both sides?
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High School Can energy only be transferred if there is motion.
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High School Is the positive terminal ALWAYS high potential?
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High School Why is the front pedal gear larger than the rear wheel gears?
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High School What is the difference between velocity and speed
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High School What is Free-Fall Acceleration and How Does It Work?
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High School Where Does Hammer Energy Go When Hitting Wall?
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High School Mastering the Egg Drop Challenge: Tips and Tricks for 3 Egg Success
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High School Average Acceleration of a golf swing
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High School Measuring Mass on Earth and the Moon: How Does a Beam Balance Recognize Weight?
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High School Optimizing Electricity Generation with a Stationary Bicycle Generator
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High School I don't know how to find tension in a cable
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High School Ambiguity in forumlas for average speed & average velocity
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High School How there is no work done on a book while i am holding it and moving ?
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High School Conservative Force: Properties & Definition
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High School Determine the weight of a titanium sphere
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High School How much propulsion would i need to move my 300 pound hovercraft?
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High School Photons, speed and energy - Beginners concept question
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High School Conservation of Momentum when an Object Rebounds
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High School How can balloons be used to lift a house?
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High School Kinetic energy question. (layman)
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High School Please verify this notion regardingmomentum
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High School Water Balloon to the face physics
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High School Gear ratio - Does it matter how you achieve it?
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion (F=-kx) - Help
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High School Is there an indent when standing on a solid surface?
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High School Terminology(or physics) problem (speed and velocity)
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High School What power supply (amps) would run this plasma globe optimally?
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High School Simple p=mv question needs simple answer
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High School Can Newton's Laws of Motion be simplified?
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High School Force on a fixed object- help settle a debate please
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High School Angular/Tangential Acceleration
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High School Does a car's acceleration change after releasing the accelerator?
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High School How air pressure reacts in a car tyre.
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High School How Does a Hydraulic Motor Function in a System?
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High School Pascal's law, pressure, consequences
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High School A phenomena i cant fully understnad
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High School Universal gravitational constant
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High School How do you calculate resultant velocity?
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High School Why dont we feel earths rotation?
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High School General question about potential energy
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High School How is work dependent on displacement rather than distance?
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High School What does 'k' in Newton's law of cooling represent?
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High School How is lift force proportional to speed up?
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High School Attempting to graph momentum help
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High School What Would Happen to a Bee in a Revolving Restaurant?
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High School Mixing different pressures of air using valves
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High School Uniform circular motion lab question
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High School Friciton drives a car forward right?
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High School Newton's Laws-Practical Applications?
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High School A question about elastic collision of bodies.
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High School How Does Earth's Gravity Affect a Balloon?
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High School What is this old apparatus with a coil and pulley used for in physics labs?
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High School Force & Energy: How Does it Affect Object Motion?
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High School Calculating Thrust and Work for a Vinegar and Baking Soda Rocket
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High School How do Earth's gravity and a pencil's force compare according to Newton's laws?
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High School Egg Drop Design Challenge: Straws, Index Cards and Hot Glue
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High School How Water Drops Generate Electricity: Explained
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High School Pulley Hoist Free Body Diagram
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High School If a force is applied to a box, and the box is not displaced, no work
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High School The Force Equation: Understanding the Relationship Between Mass and Acceleration
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High School The h in mgh Can you change it?
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High School Differences in position in 2 very similar circumstances
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High School Application of force in different directions
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High School Friction for different contacts
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High School Can someone explain me why f=ma ?
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High School Situations where torque does no work
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High School How do you measure the air pressure inside a balloon?
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High School Hookes law, the representaion of K
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