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High School Highest point an object can travel?
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High School Calculating Time and Velocity in Horizontal Projectile Motion
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High School Does heightening a sofa increase strain in the centre?
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High School How do satellites stay in orbit? Free fall or centripetal?
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High School What is Buoyancy? - Learn about Newton's 3rd Law & Vacuum Filling
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High School Why Does a Car Wheel Spin Backwards at High Speed?
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High School Why does air escape through a pinched ballon?
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High School Calculating Water Pressure on Water Barrel Walls
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High School Do You Have to Countersteer to Turn a Motorcycle?
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High School Gravitational acceleration of a satellite
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High School Why does the rope move with only 5N force applied?
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High School Describing the motion of feet while running
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High School If deceleration is given instead of acceleration can i find the force
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High School Difference between Mass and Weight?
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High School How do I draw a free-body diagram for an object sliding down an inclined plane?
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High School Explaining the Difference Between Kinetic Energy and Momentum
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High School I in making a boat for a project
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High School At the most elementary level what causes particles to have momentum?
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High School What is the Relationship Between Mass, Gravity, and Attraction in Physics?
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High School Calculating Deceleration Forces: Is It Easier to Use g's or Mass?
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High School Is water a particle or a wave?
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High School Modern day applications of Hooke's Law
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High School Bullet Fired From Moving Train Scenario
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High School Gravel Running: Friction & Velocity Questions
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High School I am confused about the orbital velocity
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High School Compression Springs: Calculating Force Released
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High School Question about atmosphere pressure
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High School If a 10km Asteroid Impacted the Pacific along the equator
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High School Positive Hydrogen Ion = Proton?
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High School Why Does a Box on a Building Have Potential Energy?
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High School Why is the concept of Power useful?
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High School Clarification on position equation for simple harmonic motion
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High School Difference Between Couple, Torque & Moment of Force
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High School How Is Tension Measured in a Cable?
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High School Rad/s vs rev/min- label question
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High School New at using a multimeter, why isn't this working?
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High School Air pressure difference in inside and outside of house
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High School Why is the symbol for angular momentum L?
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High School What is Angular Velocity? | Learn About Angular Velocity
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High School Potential Difference in Series and Parallel circuit
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High School Displacement of water for a boat and raft
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High School Misunderstanding about work definition
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High School Can an Object Launched into Space Eventually Collide with Earth?
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High School Gravity: The Endless Energy Source?
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High School Could a Potted Venus Flytrap be Deadly?
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High School Ionic Formula for Carbon-12 Ion: C4+ or C4-?
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High School Does Static Friction Exist When Gravity is Applied?
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High School Does Changing Mass Affect Velocity and Momentum?
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High School Air Pressure Between Highway Vehicles: Causes & Effects
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High School How does a normal pipette work?
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High School Weird Subway Observation & What is Fire?
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High School Solving RC Car Motor Problem - Get Expert Help
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High School Conservation of energy and momentum
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High School What velocity to use to find momentum?
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High School Calculate Time Needed for Opposing Car to Catch Up at 60 MPH
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High School What is the displacement covered by the man and bouncing ball?
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High School The Weight of Earth's Atmosphere: Is It Being Lost?
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High School Designing a Winning Egg Drop Project: Tips and Tricks for Success
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High School Explaining Gravity: Newton's Universal Law and its Proof
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High School Why is it tiring to push hard against a solid wall even though no work is done?
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High School Sound waves propagated as transverse waves
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High School Physics question about deriving a one dimensional kinematic equation?
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High School How Do You Calculate Lead Time for a Moving Target?
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High School Ice and Boiling Water Experiment: Discover the Surprising Results
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High School Gas pressure in variable diameter pipe
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High School Tricking Archimede's principle
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High School What Causes the Squeak in Cheap Plastic Drawers?
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High School Hitting a golf ball at a brick wall
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High School The Answer: Why Is Hydrogen Positive?
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High School Can a Front Wheel Drive Car Survive the Knight Rider Mythbusters Challenge?
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High School Atmospheric pressure 1Atm or 100 kPa?
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High School Falling Objects With Different Mass
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High School Diameter of a splash affected by potential energy
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High School What exaclty is allowing these guys to defy gravity?
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High School Atmospheric Pressure: Why Don't We Feel It?
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High School Is acceleration possible without motion ?
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High School Please help with a friction problem (due tomorrow)
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High School A Problem I Was Considering But Seems So Simple
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High School Shooting a bullet up into the air
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High School Is Acceleration a Factor in Calculating Momentum?
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High School Unraveling the Mystery of One-Half Coefficient in Kinematic Equations
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High School Why do particles gather in the center of a stirred pot of water?
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High School Is there any way to prove Newton's law
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High School How can I create the ultimate anti-gravity car for a physics competition?
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High School Is there a buoyancy force or not?
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High School Person in a bus (accelerating system)
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High School Designing a Device for Catching Eggs Dropped from Various Heights
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High School Young's double slit,Newton's ring's
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High School Automotive/Truck Tire Pressure Vs. Load
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High School What Causes the Normal Reaction Force Balancing Weight (mg)?
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High School Why does a rubber band shrink when heated with a hairdryer?
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High School A Ball Rolling : What forces are involved?
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High School Clarification on Frictional Forces?
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High School Would KE be more if a ball was thrown at a smaller angle?
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High School How Does Atmospheric Pressure Relate to Gravity?
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High School Finding Horizontal Force Needed to Move an Object
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High School NOTE Newtons laws does NOT seem to work here
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High School A question about centripetal acceleration
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High School Hawk-Eye computer system used in sports to track ball trajectory
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