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High School Why do arrows deviate from the target in archery?
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High School Will my special siphon work please?
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High School How Can You Linearize a 1/x Graph in Physics Lab Data?
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Undergrad Angular Velocity in Linear Momentum Equation
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Graduate Field-free formulation of ED: Conservation laws?
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High School General information on back pressure in a syringe
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Graduate Constant angular acceleration in 3D?
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Undergrad How would you include gravity in a momentum problem?
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High School Velocity of Ball: Up or Down Slope?
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High School What will happen to the water level of the swimming pool?
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Undergrad Calculating Slipping on an Inclined Plane: A Scientific Perspective
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Undergrad Is my understanding of tension force accurate?
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High School What's the difference between velocity and average velocity
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High School How do you know a force if a force is radially symmetric?
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Undergrad Gravitational Potential Energy & L.C.E. Questions
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Undergrad How Can You Calculate the Impact Force of a Falling Egg?
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Undergrad Why time in formula accelarion has exponent two
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Undergrad Effective Potential Energy from Central Force Motion
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Graduate What if the speed of gravitational waves were different from the speed of light?
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Undergrad Effective Friction Related to Pulley Radius (Atwood Machine)
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Undergrad Time of free fall does depend on mass
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Undergrad How do you determine the mass of an object moving at a constant velocity?
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Undergrad Determining linear velocity of pendulum
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High School Leaf Blower Thrust for Bike: 450 cfm @120 mph
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Graduate Angular acceleration of Pendulum equation
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Undergrad Fluid Dynamics - Calculating Coefficient of Drag
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Graduate Power Law Derivation for dynamic systems
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Graduate Can Multiple Forces on a Body Be Simplified for Motion Analysis?
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High School Computing force given mass and distance
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High School Friction Independent of Area: Understand It Here
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Undergrad Angular momentum and centripetal force
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Graduate Deriving equations of motion for restricted 3-body problem
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Undergrad Average Angular Momentum Conservation? mω
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Undergrad Work done and potential energy
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High School Force directly proportional to negative of displacement?
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Undergrad Does a Wheel with Movable Weights Require More Energy to Rotate?
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High School Having difficulty in understanding vertical circular motion?
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High School Why Is Projected Area More Relevant Than Surface Area in Physics?
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Undergrad What is the concept of Mozzi axis of instantaneous rotation in basic kinematics?
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Undergrad Angular Velocity of a trebuchet
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Undergrad Gas Spring and Linear Actuator calculation....
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Undergrad Bike going downhill brakes front wheel
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Undergrad How earth is a non-inertial frame
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Undergrad Mechanical waves-relation between frequency and power
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Undergrad How Is Economical Speed Calculated for Fuel Efficiency?
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High School Drop Ball Moving: Initial Velocity 0m/s?
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Graduate Energy change of reservoir in reversible weight process
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Undergrad Tangential Velocity w/r to change in Centripetal force
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Undergrad Stopping acceleration and starting to move at constant speed
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Undergrad Debunking implausible gravity claims in pianism/boxing
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Graduate Mechanics, statically indeterminate reactions
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Undergrad Is there a name for this fact in physics? is it a theorem?
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Undergrad Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventer (RPBP) Valve
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Undergrad Is Potential Energy Infinite at Any Point for Point Masses?
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Graduate Is there a better method to solve the Box Tipping on Inclined Plane problem?
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Graduate Is Rolling Resistance N+Ft or Separate Forces in Tire Dynamics?
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Undergrad How does this specific Van de Graaff generator work?
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High School Need help understanding tires and adhesion
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Graduate Does Conservation of Energy Still Apply in Time-Dependent Potentials?
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High School Aristotle's Theory of Motion: Natural & Violent
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Undergrad Why is the net work done equal to the change in K.E. only?
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Undergrad Why things do not stop immediately?
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High School Acellerating car vs constant speed car
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High School Weight of pulley with mass attached to it.
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Undergrad Intuitive Explanation of an Atwood Machine
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Graduate Gas (DO) saturation under pressure in water
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Undergrad Airflow/speed in a pipe due to pressure differentials
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High School Rolling Motion: With and Without Slipping
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High School Why Do We Slip on Ice? Explained | Kinetic & Static Friction
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Undergrad Relationship between speed and density of a medium
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Undergrad What will be the weight measured by the balance?
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Undergrad Lagrangian Equation with Generalized Force term
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High School Archimedes Principle: Weight of Immersed Object
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Undergrad How can I solve 15.11 C in my Mechanical Waves Homework?
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Undergrad Rotating Solenoid: Does It Produce EMF?
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Undergrad Forces at rear brake caliper of motorcycle
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion: Finding Amplitude, Velocity, and Acceleration
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Undergrad Gravitational potential energy conflict
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Undergrad Is the "clack" sound from Newton's Cradle periodic?
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Undergrad What is the value of acceleration due to gravity
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Graduate Why does Matter cause inertia?
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High School What are the rules for static and kinetic friction?
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Undergrad Relationship between potential energy and force
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Graduate Hamiltonian as the generator of time translations
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Undergrad What are the aspects that can help a car to flip in a turn?
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Graduate De-Broglie's explanation on Bohr's Angluar Momentum quantization?
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High School Can Liquid Metals Defy Gravity and Form Perfect Spheres While Falling?
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Undergrad How Does Physics Affect Ball Movement on a Sloped Grass Bowling Green?
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Graduate Understanding the Concept of Phase Velocity: Explained Simply
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Undergrad Why doesn't a ring vortex immediately float to the surface?
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Undergrad Understanding Electromagnetic/X-Ray Pulse in Time and Frequency Domain
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Graduate Momentum density in curvilinear coordinates
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Undergrad How does tension in a string balance weight and cause acceleration in objects?
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High School Quick throwing and dropping ball Question
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Undergrad Need Some Help Calculating Energy Transfer During Impact
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Graduate Top Speed of a Railgun: Lorentz Force
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Undergrad Minimum velocity for a surfer to catch a wave
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Undergrad Water wheels and mathematical equation
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Undergrad Make Water Behave Like In Space -- Video
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