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High School A question about the motion of a flying insect inside a moving vehicle
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High School Why Does a Pendulum's Motion Change Direction Over Time?
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High School Solve Force F Applied to Objects with Masses m₁ and m₂
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High School Could you walk across a swimming pool filled w/ ping pong balls?
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High School Confused by radial vs. centripetal acceleration
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High School Why Does Water Expand on Heating/Cooling?
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High School The physics of tornadoes and interior pressure
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High School When calculating the amount of work done, using the force applied and
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High School Why Is There a Negative Sign When Calculating Power with P=IV?
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High School Compute Force f from A, B & C Coordinates
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High School Master Vectors: Tips for Finding Relative Velocity & Adding/Subtracting Vectors
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High School Can Mathematica help with solving projectile motion equations?
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High School Work & Energy: Definition and History
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High School Does an Object Lose Potential Energy as It Gains Kinetic Energy?
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High School Tie 3 objects together, where is F greatest
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High School How Does Human Power Relate to Acceleration in Lifting 40kg Up 36m?
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High School Calculate the Coefficient of Friction for a Frozen Turkey
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High School How many feet does a 700 lb object take to stop?
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High School What is Gravity: Learn How It Attracts Objects
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High School How Fast Does a Trebuchet Counterweight Travel?
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High School Is the Formula for Surface Tension Incorrect?
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High School Gravity: Earth-sized platinum sphere with 3 meter empty center - behavior
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High School Understanding Gravitational Potential Energy: 3 Questions Answered
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High School Why Does Gravity Affect Weight?
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High School Calculating Acceleration Due to Gravity for a 96m Building
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High School What Causes Gravity? - Newton's Law of Gravitation Explained
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High School Fundamental doubt on Acceleration.
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High School What Conditions Allow a Thrown Ball to Return to the Thrower?
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High School A question about average velocity?
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High School Calculate what K (Spring Constant) my spring should have
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High School How do you solve a quadratic equation using the completing the square method?
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High School Having trouble with Pulleys and FBD's(not homework)
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High School Do All Forms of Energy Fit Into Kinetic or Potential Categories?
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High School Build a balloon powered vehicle
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High School How to calculate the water pressure?
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High School How do reflectors in auditoriums improve sound quality?
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High School Two cars traveling toward each other question
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High School Pulley Constraints: How to Carry Load Easily
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High School What does it mean when a problem says massless pulley?
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High School Why Doesn't a Tennis Ball Thrown Up in a Moving Car Land Behind You?
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High School What is acceleration in tennis and velocity?
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High School Friction and cars (or any traveling thing)
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High School Initial velocity of a snowmobile collision
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High School Liquid Pressure: How Does It Exert Pressure?
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High School Potential Difference: Definition & Calculation
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High School Force graphs and stress-strain graphs
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High School Does friction in any way increase when the surfaces get very smooth
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High School Confused about Spring PE Formula: Hooke's Law vs. 1/2 kx^2
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High School Comparing Effort and Work: Lift/Push 1kg and 2kgs, Distance of 1 vs 2 Meters
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High School Does Applying Excess Torque to a Wheel Cause It to Slip?
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High School Can Any1 tell me why kienetic energy is equal to both m.v[SUP]2[/SUP] and 1/2
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High School Understanding Weight vs. Mass: Clarifying the Debate
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High School Why is the spring constant changed
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High School Visualizing Liquid Pressure: A Diagrammatic Guide
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High School How does a metal detector work ?
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High School Understanding Negative Velocity: Is Increasing Velocity Always Positive?
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High School Only using 2/3 Motion equations
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High School Can a Pulley System Effectively Lift Patients Out of Bed?
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High School Calculating Accelaration Due to Gravity for Year 10 Student
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High School Does a curveball really curve? or is it just an illusion
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High School What is inertia? What is its source?
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High School Conservative and Non Conservative Forces
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High School What are some examples of pressure and depth?
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High School What does vigorously boiling water do?
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High School Measuring Speed Decay - Calculating Time to Stop
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High School Momentum of Wall: 2mv Explained
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High School Conservation of Energy graph help
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High School Potential vs Kinetic Energy Graph: Linear or Parabola?
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High School When a ball spins to left, shouldn't it curve right?(hurricane vise)
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High School Understanding Acceleration: Pulling a Box at an Angle
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High School The Great Egg Drop Contest: Design a Protection Device
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High School What are the key steps for drawing a mass-spring free body diagram?
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High School What is the rotation direction of a system with a force applied at point B?
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High School Is position and resultant vectors are same?
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High School Calculate Centripital Force for Circular Motion
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High School Velocity of particles on a disc
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High School Zero work when carrying object?
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High School If the Earth were to stop spinning, would we weigh more?
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High School Can you verify if there is a error in the notes or i am just stupid.
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High School Why doesn't the moon fall on earth?
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High School Angular,rotational, translational and tangential velocity
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High School The Physics Behind Tablecloth Trickery: Newton & Inertia
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High School Build a Vacuum Cannon | Hacked Gadgets
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High School Does the record move faster or ?
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High School Calculating Drag Force: Weight, Mass & Acceleration
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High School Wedge constant :- Newtons laws of motion
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High School Would an hourglass on a rocket going up empty faster than one on the ground?
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High School Interesting practical question skydiving
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High School Can a heavier car reach higher top speed rolling down a steep?
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High School Understanding Work: A High Schooler's Guide
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High School Constructing a Self-Propelled Car without Gas/Electricity
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High School Hot air balloon staying in the air for 24 hours
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High School I remember when I was young I saw people emptying the water from their
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High School Acceleration: Why 2 Formulas & How Does It Relate to Distance?
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High School A few questions about steam, water vapor, and humidity
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High School What is the use of a Force Couple System?
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High School Are we heavier at night than at day?
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High School What is the net force involved in jumping?
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High School Calculating the Force Needed to Remove Adhesive Tape
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