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High School Conquering the Paper and Pen Challenge: A Physics-Based Solution
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High School How fast does the earth spin around its axis?
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High School Energy loss without displacement
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High School Why is Inertia Important in Physics?
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High School Confused about conservation of momentum
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High School Inertia or Tension: Pulling a Stretched String
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High School Can Earth's Atmosphere Retain All Types of Atoms?
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High School Model Rocket Launch Equations for Successful Launches
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High School Hearing in Space: Can You Hear a Vacuum?
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High School Understanding the Meaning of '100 Pounds' in Physics
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High School How Does Air Flow Over an Aircraft Wing?
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High School Impossable with a pump to suck water from a lake
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High School What Is the Difference Between Mass and Weight?
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High School Low Rider Bicycle Steering: What's the Lowest Angle?
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High School Inclined Planes: Heavier Can Go Farther?
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High School Understanding the concept of tension
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High School Is Work Equal to Force Times Distance?
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High School Reference area, in drag coefficient formula
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High School Making photos under the water with common camera
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High School Same gravitational acceleration of unequal masses
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High School Basic question on the Newton and acceleration
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High School Question about weight/mass/force I can´t explain
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High School What makes the sound when balloons pop?
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High School Why does water with no gravity acting upon it form a sphere?
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High School What is the formula for calculating mechanical advantage in a pulley system?
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High School How do you work out the take off velocity from max vertical height attained?
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High School Does Potential Energy Work In Horizontal Plane?
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High School Gravity & State of Matter: Does Force Vary?
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High School Effects of Friction on Deceleration.
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High School Which one would work better for me: PVC or Aluminum?
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High School Is Is acceleration due to gravity and gravity same thing?
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High School Can rotational force of the earth have any effect on flying projectiles?
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High School Why should or shouldnt this work?
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High School Graphing question with Springs and Energy?
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High School Pressure in Fluids: Why Does It Act in All Directions?
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High School What is the fastest substance for sound to travel in?
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High School Centripetal Force: Why Does Friction Provide It?
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High School Propellor Thrust Calculations for P-51 Mustang Simulation
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High School Can energy truly be created or destroyed in an open system?
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High School Why a spinning top won't fall to the ground?
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High School Can anyone help me figure out how fast a bus was going?
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High School How many G's does a skydiver experience in freefall?
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High School Why does water defy gravity and seep upward through a paper towel?
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High School Physics of Work: Is Zero Work Really Zero?
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High School Is there a difference between mean speed and average speed ?
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High School Jet vs. Hovercraft - the momentum dillemna
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High School Did Galileo Really Drop Balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
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High School How to calculate the work from force (acceleration and mass)
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High School Calculating Force for Lifting Weight at Different Angles
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High School Personal Water Craft (Jetski, etc)
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High School Why Flies Can Fly Freely in Moving Cars
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High School Questions About Aerodynamics and Flying Cars- Help
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High School Who created a self-sustaining water fountain without electricity?
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High School Mass concentrated at a single point?
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High School Where Does the Work Go When Pushing a Heavy Box Against Friction?
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High School Build a Strong Balsa Wood Bridge: Tips, Tricks, and Requirements
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High School Solving Rope Tension: Simple Example
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High School How do you calculate the force needed to lift an object?
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High School Thought experiment about pressure (intro physics)
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High School Measuring Torque: Lever & Torque Wrench Info
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High School Why do bodies at rest weight more than zero?
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High School How do i compute distance if shot at 45degrees
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High School Average Clamping Forces for Vehicle Brake Calipers
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High School If I jump from height of 5ft to ground -what is g-force of impact
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High School Physics Q: Which has Less Friction - Cone, Wedge, or Sphere?
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High School Calculating Final Velocity of 100kg Object Dropped from 100m
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High School Front/Rear Wheels Turning: Pros & Cons
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High School Understanding the Relationship Between Force, Displacement, and Distance
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High School Designing the Best Potato Launcher: Catapults, Compressed Gas, and Combustion
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High School How to work out vacuum in in.hg
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High School What Part of a Ball Hitting a Parabola Hits the Focal Point?
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High School Measuring Constant of Gravitation in Basement - Experiment
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High School Getting a Mouse Trap Car to Move
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High School Change in amplitude of pendulum
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High School Paper Towers - Any Known Record, we got 194 cm
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High School Cop car and opposing directions
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High School Calculating the boiling point of water
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High School Do Boiled Eggs Spin Longer Than Unboiled Ones?
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High School The mathematics of circular motion.
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High School Basic Physics Law: Why Brakes Make Car Front Go Down, Rear Go Up
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High School What has to be true to use conservation of momentum vs. energy
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High School Lines of action of forces and net torque
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High School Newton to Joule Equation: How to Calculate Work and Distance
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High School Clarification about Law of Inertia
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High School Why is there variation in atomic weight of elements?
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High School Why is kinetic energy 1/2mv^2 instead of mv^2?
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High School Will Dropped & Shot Bullets Hit Ground at Same Time?
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High School What is Input Work? | Understand Formula & Calculate
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High School Life's contribution to Earth's weight and gravity?
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High School Why do fluid drops are sperical?
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High School Simple vector component question
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High School Understanding Acceleration: A Simple Test Question
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High School Understanding Kinematic Equations of Motion
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High School How Do Terminal Velocity and Drag Influence an Object's Fall Through Fluids?
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High School Which is better to create a vacuum? Air or water?
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High School Nedd help finding weight over length
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High School Real Life Momentum: Examples & Ideas
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High School How Does the Kinetic Energy Formula Work?
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High School Why doesn't the moon crash into the Earth?
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