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High School What gives satellites their tangential velocity?
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High School Simple Counter-balance/Counter-weight Calculation Problem
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High School Understanding Friction: Causes and Applications in Physics
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High School Why is a simple pendulum not a perfect simple harmonic oscillator?
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High School What is the concept of distance as an integral in Feynman lectures on physics?
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High School Can the output forces for F3 and F4 be the same as F2 in hydraulic lifting?
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High School Calculating Flywheel Mass and Diameter for Efficient Generator Drive
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High School Atwood machine -- Question about the pulley and weights
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High School Air Gun Sighted at a Falling Target Demonstration
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High School Rebound Height vs Air Pressure: A Puzzling Relationship
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High School Would a fall from 53 centimeters break the glass from a window?
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High School Hydrostatic pressure vs. gravity
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High School Maximum Force on transom of a boat under acceleration
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High School Forces on a passenger in a car?
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High School Work-Kinetic and Work-Potential theorems relation
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High School Question about a simple free body diagram
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High School Speed/velocity as a derivative
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High School About Second equation of motion
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High School Does gas expanding in a container cause displacement of the container?
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High School Why does a DC motor have a restricted speed?
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High School Grain direction for maximum tear resistance for a wire bound book
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High School Work and Friction: How Does Fxv Apply?
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High School Why Does a Body Experience Fictitious Force on Accelerating Objects?
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High School Inertial vs non inertial frames
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High School Confused about force body diagram for 2 body collision
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High School Question in the momemtum-impulse theorem derivation
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High School Alternative elastic collision formula / physical interpretation
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High School Newton's second law of motion -- Why is it F=m*a and not F=m+a?
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High School Create an artificial eddy/tornado
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High School Why is the speed of sound used here? And is this correct?
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High School Oberth effect on a slope - experiment idea
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High School Locus if velocity component is zero
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High School According to Newton's 3rd Law....
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High School Why is angular momentum not conserved in this case?
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High School Conservation of momentum in a closed system
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High School A Doubt from Halliday Resnick Krane
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High School Resultant force in vertical circular motion
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High School How do mechanical (weighing) scales work?
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High School A question from Resnik about g-force
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High School How is 1N enough to move a 0.1kg apple 1 meter high?
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High School Colliding balls: Conservation of momentum and changes in kinetic energy?
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High School Vector of forces (question about how a scale works)
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High School What Happens When The Applied Force Equals the Static Friction Force?
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High School Calculating the torque needed to rotate a drum
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High School A "no hands" rule for the cross product (requires literacy)
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High School Why is Julius Sumner Miller saying Torricelli's law is not correct?
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High School Independence of vertical and horizontal motion
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High School Work done by a constant Force: questions
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High School Why doesn't a body accelerate upward when a force is applied?
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High School Terminal Velocity Equation in vertical cylinder with some fluid
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High School Finding Gravitational Acceleration
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High School E.P.E. -> ? when 2 masses are attached to a spring
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High School Projectile motion — Thinking about forces on a curve ball
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High School A Question about a Quote from the Feynman lectures
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High School Fluid Continuity Equation in different reference frame
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High School Object falling through highly compressed air question
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High School Comparing two expenditures of work
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High School Air escaping out of can with hole
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High School Why don't boxers' skulls shatter from the forces of punches?
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High School Why Do You Feel Like You're Moving Opposite the Car's Direction?
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High School The Mysterious Water Bottle: Uncovering the Physics Behind It
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High School Solve My Train Dilemma: Can I Jump High Enough?
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High School Is Newton's first law of motion applicable when walking?
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High School How much atmospheric pressure is exerted on the human body?
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High School Intermediate Axis Theorem - Intuitive Explanation
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High School Balloon rocket- What happens inside and why the reaction?
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High School Impulse and distance from the axis of rotation
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High School How is the acceleration proportional to the removed force?
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High School Suggestions for Internal Assessment Project on Young's Modulus
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High School Deriving formula for force by thought experiment
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High School Relating displacements in a pulley system
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High School How to determine force based on pressure
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High School Why Is Initial Velocity Not Always Zero?
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High School When a bullet is fired from the back of train
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High School Acceleration of Moving Particles: Explained
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High School What is the Definition of the Joule and How Does it Relate to Energy?
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High School Bug walking around the perimeter of a lazy susan (hypothetical)
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High School Work and energy: conceptual doubt
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High School Why would this star move outward?
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High School Torque applied by a continuous mass instead of point particle
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High School How Does Viscosity and Turbulence Affect Fluid Flow Between Plates?
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High School Confusion while trying to build intuition of centripetal force
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High School Manometer: Calculating Height of Water
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High School How do I express the force of me falling 33 feet onto concrete?
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High School Lifting an object with a mass difference of just 1kg
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High School What Factors Influence Neutral Buoyancy in Water?
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High School Need a bet settled about classical momentum
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High School Understanding Galileo's Theory of Acceleration
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High School Average Speed vs. Velocity: Explained
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High School Vacuum Audio Failure: Solutions & Tips
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High School Dynamic pressure in pressure units
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High School Predicting types of collisions
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High School Calculating Force of Ball-Spring Collision
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High School Can you use hand tools on the moon?
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High School How does gravity convert potential energy to kinetic?
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High School Calculate scaled down human model weight for practical experiment
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High School Does the colour of a container affect how fast water in it cools?
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High School What Happens to the Wavelength of Light as it Passes Through Water?
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High School Why do things with wheels get more balanced as velocity increases?
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High School Cooling things in water vs air
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