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High School How Much Force Will a Crane Exert on a Boat When Lifting 250 Pounds?
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High School Why is energy conserved in a frictionless roller coaster ride?
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High School How do aerodynamic features improve the performance of sportscars?
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High School Why do we use L for Angular Momentum?
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High School Projectile Calculator software
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High School Understanding Newton's 3rd Law: Finding Opposing Forces Between Two Boxes
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High School Why Does Falling on Ice Make You Slide Forward?
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High School What does force/carge mean? I can't imagine it
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High School Why Is It Easier to Swing a Linear Flat Stick Compared to Other Types?
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High School What Is the Connection Between Force and Acceleration?
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High School No resultant force means no external force?
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High School Frying Pans vs. Hammers: Which Drives Nails Farther with Same Mass and Velocity?
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High School Free Body Diagram: Ax & Ay Direction Matters?
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High School Projectile Motion: Questions on Velocity & Height
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High School Floating Arm Catapult: Understand How It Works
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High School Energy Releases: Sound, Heat, Light - What's the Proportion?
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High School Understanding elastic potential energy
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High School Build a Catapult to Shoot a Ball 2m into a Bucket
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High School Quasi-standing wave, speedboat
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High School Force required to lift a water propelled rocket
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High School Calculating coefficient of max static friction
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High School Newton's law and conservation of linear momentum
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High School Free Fall: Heavier Object Hits Ground First?
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High School Easy question about weight transfer of cars
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High School Question about projectile motion
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High School Constant acceleration rate equations
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High School The value for normal room pressure?
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High School What are some experiments combining centripetal force and water properties?
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High School Question about objects and motion
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High School Injecting an unflated balloon with vacuum
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High School Does Standing on a Chair & Jumping Affect the Force Felt by the Floor?
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High School Calculating Couple Moment - Explaining Negative Values
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High School Water Bending Trick: How Does It Work?
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High School Discover the Legitimacy of the Freefall Velocity Formula | Explained by Eliot
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High School Can a stiffer spring help my Newton Scooter travel 1.5 meters?
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High School Is a bicycle or dirtbike an example of f=ma?
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High School Distance-Time Graphs: Negative Gradient Explained
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High School Clouds are water liquid, not vapour, why it don't fall down?
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High School Is It More Efficient to Leave the Heater On or Turn it Off?
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High School Measuring Viscosity (Viscometer)
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High School How Does Tension Work in a Pulley System?
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High School Query on physics of a tennis ball
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High School Van Der Graaff generator question.
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High School Why the earth is zero potential?
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High School Project Involving Newton's Cradle
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High School Why won't pressure on an irregular shape make it move?
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High School Where would an ideal wire break?
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High School What is the direction of the Reaction force
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High School Calculating Torque for Accelerating a 100kg Bike with 0.722m Wheels
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High School Is the speed of sound faster in an open tube?
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High School Is Energy Required to Ride a Bicycle the Same for Every Rider?
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High School Find the Center of Mass: Tutorials & Problem Solutions
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High School Proving Mom Wrong - Calculating Airsoft Impacts at 40 Yards (120ft)
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High School Help building something that will go back and forth
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High School Higer potential energy->more mass?
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High School What r the 2 divisions in mechanics?
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High School How Can You Design an Egg Protective Capsule with Cardboard and a Parachute?
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High School How does one calculate Momentum of an object?
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High School Hourglass on Moon: Flow Speed Compared to Earth
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High School Which Car Slides First on a Slope?
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High School Suggested title: Where Can I Find Basic Tutorials for Learning Kinematics?
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High School Centripetal acceleration equation
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High School How Much Force to Fully Depress Car Brake Pedal?
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High School Center of gravity vs center of mass
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High School Design a Pendulum Experiment for Grade 12 Physics
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High School Can a Fly Stop a Train? Analyzing Newton's 3rd Law
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High School Carrying a heavy box - work done?
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High School Why do the spokes on a wagon seam to rotate backwards at certin speeds?
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High School Gravitational Potential Energy of a bookbag
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High School What Is the Formula for the Acceleration of Two Bodies Towards Each Other?
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High School Do resistors obey conservation laws?
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High School Solving Vector Addition Problems: Rainy Day Velocity Scenario
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High School What is the Amplitude of a Pendulum?
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High School Learn Aerodynamics: Get Started Today!
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High School Physics project: Self propelled car.
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High School Solving Problem with Siphon: Vacation Plant Watering System
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High School How Do Modifications Affect the Behavior of a Cartesian Diver?
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High School Work and power when lifting weights
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High School Why doesn't the Earth's rotation cause air to crash with us?
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High School How Do You Analyze Forces and Motion in a Hot Wheels Lab Experiment?
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High School Who Discovered the Formulas for Momentum and Impulse?
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High School What Does C Represent in Physics Equation t = C X sqrt(h/g)?
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High School Different ball weights down incline
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High School A cannon ball and a moving train.
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High School Does friction increases as speed increases?
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High School Can Sound Rise Like Heat? Searching for Answers...
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High School How can I make my Pinewood Derby car more aerodynamic?
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High School Online physics tutorials sites for junior level mechanics
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High School Measuring CO2 pressure in a soda bottle
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High School Micro Oven - Portable- Butane powered
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High School Is Your 42 kg Scale Reading Accurate in Different Gravitational Fields?
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High School Air pressure from a ceiling fan.
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High School A question about gravity/upward motion
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High School How masses are added together on a lever
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High School How much pressure does water have to be in for it to phase change
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