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High School Understanding the Motion: Free Body Diagram of Ruler Pulling to the Right
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High School Deriving the Formula for Gravitational Potential Energy
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High School How can you row a boat with a paddle?
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High School Suppose I inflate a balloon on the moon and then let it go. What would
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High School Top Materials for Building a High-Performing Mousetrap Car | Expert Tips
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High School Normal Force Explained: What It Is & Why It Exists
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High School Understanding Products in the Equation v^2 = u^2 + 2aS
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High School Can a Piezoelectric Sensor Detect Hand Movements?
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High School How to measure crash impact of a remote control car?
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High School Is there no stress when a net force is not equal to 0
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High School Weight of impact is from an object of 40kg that falls 50cm
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High School Does the aeroplane fall into the black hole?
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High School Old person curious about conservation of energy
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High School Opposing Forces on an Ideal Spring
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High School How Does the Shape of a Fan's Wing Affect Air Flow?
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High School General Friction Info& Inclined Planes
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High School Why Do Train Wheels Screech on Curves?
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High School Does an artificial satellite rotate in its own axis?
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High School The shot at the beginning of Wanted was it possible?
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High School How do pelican crossings work?
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High School Can Cars Really Run on Water? Debunking the Myth with Scientific Evidence
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High School Ships, locks and potential energy
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High School Does wind affect how far sound can travel?
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High School How does power consumption affect energy usage?
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High School Calculating Load on Anchors for Three Hammocks
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High School Orange - Hitting it lying on a surface or hanging free
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High School Vector Quantities: Can Unit of Measurement Reveal Vector?
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High School Kinetic energy and initial velocity should be simple, right?
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High School Are AP Physics B Exam Projectile Problems More Complex Than Honors Physics?
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High School Can you me with Newtons 3rd Law
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High School How Does a Potential Divider Work?
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High School Buoyancy questions: Submerged vs Floating
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High School Why normal force always prependicular?
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High School Torque or the moment of a force
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High School Where Does Kinetic Energy Go in a Closed System?
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High School Helium Pressure: Compressing & Lifting Capacity
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High School When a stream hits a surface, why does the stream always split in two?
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High School Trying to understand this concept
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High School Molecule size of water and oxygen
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High School What is the relationship between force and height when lifting an object?
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High School Why Is Earth's Potential Set to Zero?
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High School Rearranging the kinematic equations
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High School Average velocity from multiple displacement/velocities
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High School Atmospheric Pressure in Sealed Water Tank: Fact or Fiction?
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High School What Is Moment of Inertia in Rotational Motion?
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High School Concept of 3 balls falling from building at different angles
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High School Newton's Cradle office desk toy
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High School First peerson to define work as W = F d.
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High School Weight in Vacuum vs Atmosphere: A Question
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High School Physics Q: What Law Applied to Lead Boat Against Wind?
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High School How do bicycles use levers to increase efficiency and distance traveled?
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High School When does initial and final speed come into play when calculating momentum?
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High School A question about condensation of water
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High School Measuring Impact Force: Simple Methods for a 7th Grade Science Project
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High School Can centripetal and centrigugal force act together?
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High School Some Explanation about Momement of Inertia
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High School Parabolic trajectory of a rocket
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High School Find CG Point: Step-by-Step Guide
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High School Physics Unit: Dynamics & Abbreviations (Grade 11)
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High School Find Force of Tension on 2 Supporting Ropes | mg=98N
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High School Equal Amplitude for Active Noise Control Headphones?
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High School Harmonics of a closed-closed tube
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High School How Does a Bicycle's Friction Drive Work?
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High School Lowering Sound Pressure: Techniques and Considerations
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High School Expert Help: What do you guys think about this 3D physics simulation ?
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High School Water on Moon: How Can Ice Survive for Billions of Yrs?
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High School How do you get a mousetrap car to go forward and then backward?
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High School Velocity/Displacement Time Graph
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High School What are the key effects of the Chicxulub impact event?
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High School Throwing a Softball: Examining Momentum and Gravity
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High School Mass doesn not effect speed of dropped objects
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High School Resolving vectors into components
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High School Ways a Car can be More Efficient?
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High School Forgetting Gravitational Force? Get Help Here!
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High School Understanding Water Pressure Zones: A Curious Chick's Question
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High School Skydiver accelerates towards the ground at at 9.81ms ^-2
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High School Communicating Vessels in a noninertial reference frame
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High School Question about Static Friction
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High School Need help understanding negative pressure
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High School Bicycling on the Moon: Gravity's Effects on Bicycle Stability
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High School NFL Linemen vs. Wide Receivers: Speed & Mass
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High School Jump Shot Effect on Basketball: Does It Help?
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High School A deeper explenation of a pulley
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High School Creating Lift with a Fan: A Physics Experiment
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High School Hydrostatic Pressure Explained: Why Does Water Flow & Stop?
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High School Quick question: how does air friction work?/why do things float
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High School Inertia in motion - why is momentum called this
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High School Discover the Coefficient of Friction for a 5.6N Block at Constant Velocity
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High School What is the difference between relative and absolute motion?
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High School Lifting vs Pulling: Chain Hoist vs Hand Winch
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High School Constant Drip Speed: Need Advice on Designs
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High School What is the instantaneous axis of rotation?
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High School Designing a Gravity Car for Physics Class
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High School Low Pressure Air: How Is It Made?
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High School Can spinning an object fast enough make it weightless?
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High School Build a Tall Paper Tower: Physics Lab Project
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High School Wonder about instant Acceleration
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