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B Why is KE not conserved when momentum is?
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B Difference Between Potential and Potential Energy
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B How to Calculate Power and Torque for a 15kg Load at 15 RPM?
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B Conservation of Energy and Momentum in an Explosion
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B Can I hold down more than my body weight on a 1 to 1 system?
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B Gravitational acceleration in circular motion
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B Does weight affect the acceleration of an object?
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B To displace the Earth from its orbit
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B Is the final velocity of a Tossed tomato the same as its initial velocity
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B Work energy theorem by variable force
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B Why does the work done by a weightlifter result in a net energy loss?
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B Misleading Textbook Equation for vf^2=vi^2 + 2ad
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B Defining Impulse: The Importance of a New Quantity in Physics
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B What Happens to a Ball's Energy When Thrown Upwards?
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B Same case of Newton’s third law
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B Work done in lifting and lowering an object
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B What is the need for the concepts of Work and Energy (KE)?
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B About verification on Kinetic energy and work
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B What is tension and how does it affect a rope?
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B Newton’s second law as one complete law
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B What is the concept of distance as an integral in Feynman lectures on physics?
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B Can the output forces for F3 and F4 be the same as F2 in hydraulic lifting?
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B Air Gun Sighted at a Falling Target Demonstration
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B Question about a simple free body diagram
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B Speed/velocity as a derivative
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B Locus if velocity component is zero
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B Conservation of momentum in a closed system
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