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High School Calculation of Angular Position from Angular Velocity
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High School Torsional Pendulum: History, Uses & Applications | Learn More
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High School Not really a equation? finding friction
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High School Evaporation of a solid in water vapor.
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High School Measuring drag coefficient experimentally
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High School Finding Center of Mass of Two Rods
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High School If I wanted to create a hand crank to spin this dc motor
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High School Accelerate 6kg & 4kg Blocks: Instantaneous Force of 60N
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High School Centre of mass and centre of gravity
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High School Egg Drop Project: Honors Physics
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High School Egg Drop Experiment Physics CLass
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High School The law of conservation of momentum and change in momentum
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High School Work done by gas under constant pressure
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High School How can I calculate the tension in a rope?
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High School Negative Acceleration: Deceleration or Reversal?
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High School What are the minimum force values needed to hold an object without it falling?
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High School Sound Wave Physics: X-Axis vs. Trough
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High School Why someone cannot raise him/herself up by holding the hair?
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High School Ocean liner in bucket full of water
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High School What is a free body diagram and how can it be used to analyze forces on a body?
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High School Solving an Energy Problem in AP Physics: Calculating Frictional Force
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High School Force on Body: Showing No Effect on Acceleration
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High School What might be the best way to measure speed and location of a car that
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High School Egg Drop Project: Prepping the Container for a Successful Fall
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High School Question about the physics behind a guitar string
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High School Gravitational Force: Understanding the Universal Attraction
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High School Official acceleration due to gravity in Brighton, UK?
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High School Weight vs Speed: Which Generates More Force?
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High School Magdeburg hemispheres(action and reaction pair)
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High School Equation for angular acceleration
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High School How Did Archimedes Determine the Crown's Purity?
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High School Egg drop experiment design project
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High School Does friction restrict motion perpendicular to the plane also?
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High School Is Pressure Just Force Distributed Over an Area?
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High School So if I had a canoe floating in the water on earth it would sink lets
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High School Quantitative centripetal force apparatus-free body diagram
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High School What materials can transfer sound vibration?
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High School Why Mass of a Body is Not Considered When Calculating Work
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High School Pounds is a unit of mass or weight
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High School Motion Puzzle [for fun and discussions]
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High School Calculating Rotational Speed of Car Tyres: How Many Spins in a Given Distance?
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High School Calculating Force Needed to Break Objects with a Maul
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High School Investigating the Doppler Effect on Conversation Outcomes
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High School Moving bike stabilizes but standing bike falls
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High School Impact Force (helmets) Safety Devices
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High School Forces misconception hammer and nail
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High School Understanding Normal Force on an Inclined Plane: Pushing vs. Carrying a Mass
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High School [Help] Expansion of air or due to formation of water vapour?
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High School Will this idea launch a projectile? Weapon.
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High School Projectile Motion with only the vertical/ horizontal height and angle given
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High School Is it possible to reach speed of sound?
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High School Good movies of simultaneous ball drop/thrown?
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High School Extending run-time of Newton cradle?
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High School What does accelerometer values represent
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High School I remember my teacher saying that anti-lock brakes worked better
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High School Collision of Cars on Road: Inelastic or Elastic?
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High School Reaching Max height with a baton using physics.
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High School Elastic and inelastic collision
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High School If sound travels faster through solids then why can't we hear through doors?
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High School Is acceleration correlated with an instantaneous velocity?
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High School Changes in pressure underwater
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High School How can I write a conclusion for a Hookes law experiment?
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High School Upthrust in a fully submerged object
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High School Why Does Torque Exist & Increase with Distance?
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High School Does a Ball Dropped from a Rising Hot Air Balloon Continue Ascending?
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High School A fly in the train kinda question ;)
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High School Understanding Force: Mass x Acceleration
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High School What is the proper way to calculate time squared in seconds?
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High School Can a vacuum balloon float like a helium balloon?
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High School Balancing Forces on a Pivot: Q&A
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High School Is Any Applied Force Truly a Normal Force?
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High School Is someone know how to calculate vertical G-force
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High School Why can't diodes with built-in potential be used as batteries?
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High School How Can I Optimize Paper Wing Designs for Aerodynamics in a Physics Project?
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High School Negative value of displacement
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High School Will running during rainfall makes you more wet?
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High School Circular Work Vs. Straight line work
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High School Barometer Planet: How a Barometer Works
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High School Relative motion of the earth and an aeroplane held above the earth's surface
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High School Different types of movement force
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High School Momentum Question: Wagon Collision w/ Velocity v & Mass m
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High School 12V Car Battery Amps: How Much Current Generated?
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High School How wood is less dense than water?
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High School Acceleration across a frictionless surface
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High School Why Does Sound from Above the Surface Sound Faint Underwater?
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High School Rain Collection: Does Wind Affect Filling Speed?
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High School What are the Common Causes of Power Line Noise?
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High School Answer: Basic Physics Question - Free Fall in 2D or 3D?
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High School Why is vector division considered undefined in F=ma?
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High School Negative and positive results when dealing with Newton's Laws
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High School New to Physics Forum and would like some help with concepts
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High School Tips on solving 2D Kinematic problems
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High School What would happen if a spring was between two moving objects?
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High School Why do iron ships float in water?
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High School Calculating Force of Bird Impact Using Newton's 2nd Law
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High School Potential energy of hydrogen balloon
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High School Is the Gravitational Force Between Two People Cancelled Out?
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High School Is Speed the Same as Velocity in Physics?
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High School Centripetal and centrifugal force
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High School Why does movement vibrate at certain points?
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