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High School Talk at the Speed of Sound: Can 2 People Chat?
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High School Reaction Forces for Tension in a Rope
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High School Gravity: Is it Always the Lightest Body Moving?
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High School Making a Home-Made Ping Pong Table: Bounciness and Fixes
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High School How to go from rpm to hp or W.
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High School Curious Question about Atmospheric Pressure.
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High School What Causes the Sensation of Weightlessness on a Ferris Wheel?
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High School What motor can rotate up to 50lbs at variable speed?
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High School Is the Normal Force the Only Thing Keeping a Block on the Ground?
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High School What causes surface tension in liquids?
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High School What Is the Connection Between Energy, Potential, and Work?
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High School Why Does a Standing Truck Not Move When Pushed by a Boy?
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High School Collision for Momemtum and impulse
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High School Finding the Friction Force to Overcome
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High School Understand Basic Torque Theory & Direction of Force
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High School Falling Bodies - Does mass play a role?
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High School How Does Torque Affect Pulley Movement?
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High School What is tension in a string/rope/wire/etc?
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High School How does air resistance affect falling objects of different weights?
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High School Head-on collision with a car equal to ones own vehicle
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High School Understanding Pressure in Static Fluids: Simple Tutorials and Illustrations
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High School What Methods Can Determine the Coefficient of Static Friction?
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High School How to use arc tan to find an angle?
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High School Vortex Generator for Performance Cars
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High School Pushing force vs. Friction force
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High School Out of curiosity how is the contact force forumla derived?
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High School Wall Acceleration: Physics Noob's Curious Query
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High School Measuring Water Flow From an Elevated Bottle: Physics in Action!
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High School Trouble understanding Circular Motion(Uniform and Nonuniform) concepts
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High School Solve Physics HW: Kinetic Friction Coefficient
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High School Constant acceleration kinematics doubt
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High School Need advice on creating power from air shaft
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High School Inquiry About Inertia: What Causes It?
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High School Understanding Friction and Newton's 3rd Law in Physics
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High School What is the significance of resultant velocity in 2D motion?
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High School Understanding Non-Zero Velocity vs. Non-Zero Acceleration
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High School Bullet Velocities: Jet Firing 600mph Bullets
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High School Understqarnding equations for angular velocity
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High School Which thing determine friction in tyres of cycle?
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High School Basic Pendulums Period^2 vs distance
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High School Quick Question about throwing a ball vertically
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High School How Is Newton's F=ma Formula Derived and Understood in Physics?
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High School Why does F=ma not apply when pushing a car with constant velocity?
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High School Velocity (Where did I go wrong?)
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High School Calculating String Tension in a Simple Situation
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High School Difference between position time, velocity time and acceleration time graph
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High School Why is sound more intense at night?
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High School Why does a body has inertia and from where does it get that
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High School What does the direction of angular acceleration tell us ?
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High School Consider two cars one a chevy, one a Ford. The Chevy is speeding along
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High School Weight Fluctuations: Is More Weight Gained at Night?
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High School Need derivation of projectile motion
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High School Should you always indicate velocity is a vector?
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High School Cycling: Benefits of Standing Up on a Hill
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High School Does the Center of Mass Affect Gravity?
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High School What are the physics of stepping at a normal speed but quietly?
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High School Can acceleration overcome a constant force
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High School Can I Circumnavigate the Earth in 24 Hours?
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High School Understanding Rotational Motion: Explained by a Scientist
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High School Discover the Best Pool Cue Weight for Maximum Striking Power
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High School How to understand flow of air in a car
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High School What Happens to a Bird's Weight in an Open Cage?
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High School Bicycle Stability: Moving vs. Resting
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High School How Does Sound Travel on the Moon?
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High School Earths force of gravity measured in Dynes
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High School Why Can't You Stand On Your Toes Facing a Door?
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High School Is it impossible to stand without leaning in a straight backed chair?
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High School What is a Particle Accelerator?
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High School Understanding the Balance: Equal Weight, Unequal Position
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High School Will weight of flying mosquito in a jar affect its weight ?
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High School While using equations of circular motion why do we need to express all
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High School Research ideas for a high school student
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High School Mass and Weight - which do scales show?
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High School How much will my pool water rise when it turns to ice?
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High School Kinetic Energy Equation/Simple Explanation?
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High School Kinetic Energy With Only Area, Density and Speed
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High School Did Einstein's theory built upon Newton's work?
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High School Comparing Large & Small Bodies Using Gravity & Surface Tension
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High School Centroid of an object in a fluid
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High School What is the angle made by the ramp and the floor in a bowling ball problem?
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High School Why Does It Take 1.4s for 10m Drop at 10m/s?
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High School What does negative acceleration really mean?
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High School Can Mosquitoes Fly Faster Than 80km/h?
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High School Atmosphere's Rotation: Is Earth's Speed the Same?
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High School Would gravity affect us differently if we were in the center of the earth.
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High School Does a Jumper Drop Immediately When Jumping Out of a Plane?
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High School Dented Cans: Plane Cargo Impact?
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High School Two Questions: viscosity and sound
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High School Carrying Weight: A Person-to-Person Analysis
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High School Does weight change in an elevator?
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High School Why Do Cars Lean Forward When Braking?
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High School Can Sitting on My Bed Create a Closed System and Prevent Movement?
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High School The movement of hockey pucks on an air hockey table.
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High School What would be the force in pounds of 25,000 lbs. moving at 40fps
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High School How long can a 1000W UPS power a 100W device?
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High School Solve the Crazy Physics Problem: Plane Stays Over Earth
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High School How high would a helium balloon rise if it never popped?
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High School Motorcycle Tunnel Myth: Fact or Fiction?
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High School Inertia vs Momentum: What’s the Key Difference?
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High School How if the small RC helicopter Hover but the train is moving?
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