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High School Distributing weight of four legs evenly over surface
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Undergrad 2D - What is the next point given this info.
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High School Fastest Terrestrial Sound Conduction Speed
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Undergrad How to find equipotential surface for given case?
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High School How Much Higher Can I Jump If I Lose 25lbs?
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Undergrad Torque and vector position....
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High School Understanding Buoyancy: The Limits of Archimedes
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High School Two balls thrown from bridge one upwards, other downwards?
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Graduate How can an object move in a straight line?
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Undergrad Springs and Hooke's Law -- Unequal forces applied to the two ends....
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Undergrad Atmospheric pressure and weight measurement
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Graduate Relativity versus Newtonian gravity
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Undergrad Thrust of an underpressure tank of air
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Undergrad Calculating Force of Water Jet Impact in Game Simulations
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Undergrad Normal reaction force on banked track
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Graduate Conceptual difference between gravitational and inertial mas
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Undergrad What dimensions of (time)−2 mean ?
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Graduate Symmetry and conservation.... which is first?
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Undergrad How to calculate centripetal acceleration in non-circular systems?
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Undergrad I Don't agree with law of conservation of energy
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High School What Happens to Resultant Forces at Constant Speed and Zero Acceleration?
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High School And what the difference between waves and pulses?
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Undergrad Could NMR be applied for other elements besides Hydrogen?
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High School Why does my class ring flip up when I spin it?
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Undergrad Momentum or Kinetic Energy to find Acceleration?
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Graduate Conservation law for any potential field?
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High School What would happen if an iron sinks on the ocean? Velocity
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High School Why does water or balls spill out ?
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Graduate The ''apparent'' velocity in an axis fixed to the body
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Undergrad Why Does the Shape of a Container Not Affect Fluid Pressure Calculations?
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Undergrad Effect of contamination and solutes on surface tension
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Graduate Theoretical work on how momentum is carried or encoded?
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Graduate Is this book wrong? Tennis ball rebound speed
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Undergrad Deceleration time for studded snow tires
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Graduate Radial Suction Fan Design & Equations
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Undergrad Deceleration rate with studded snow tires
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Undergrad Understand Sound Wave Propagation in Space
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High School Does Horsepower or Torque Determine a Vehicle's Acceleration?
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Graduate Terminal Velocity of Objects Falling into the Sun
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Undergrad Gravity Simulator 2D: Calculating Trajectories
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Undergrad Coriolis and gyroscopic effects
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Undergrad What is the balloon's air pressure ?
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Undergrad Simple pendulum in different situations
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Interesting slow motion of paint on vibrating speaker.
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Undergrad What is the direction of hinge force?
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Graduate Differences between solenoidal and rotational vector fields?
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High School Radiowaves and potential harm? Intensity?
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High School Water level after melting of ice.
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Graduate How is Maximum Sustained Speed Calculated for a Car Driving Up an Incline?
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Graduate Linear particle accelerator design
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Undergrad Choosing the Correct Momentum Equation: Newtonian vs Relativistic
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High School Why is NASA and curiosity still looking for water evidence?
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Undergrad Why do we feel tired when holding something without any movement?
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Undergrad Pressure in two Different Sized Plastic Bottles
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High School What is moments in rotational mechanics?
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Graduate Pressure calculation for compressible gas and variable 'g'
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Graduate How a rotational motion could be in an inertial ref. frame
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Graduate The "agent" of energy flow for a gravitational slingshot?
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Undergrad Shock Wave Questions: Calculating Speed & Intensity
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Graduate Newton's law of viscosity in 3D, used to derive Navier-Stoke
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Undergrad Question about pressure inside closed flask
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Undergrad Work done by friction by wheels
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High School Calculating Angular Momentum: Axis of Rotation Explained
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Undergrad Understanding RC Planes: Scaling Down & Performance
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Graduate Mind boggling attempt to apply Newton's 3rd law
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Undergrad Newton's Shell theorem- Gravity inside spherical shell
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Undergrad Doubt from rotational mechanics
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Undergrad How does pressure outside of a wall affect the fluid within?
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Undergrad Doubt from rotational mechanics
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Undergrad Blowing up a balloon using centrifugal force
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High School Wave Power Potential: Calculating Energy Output
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Graduate Is Impulse an Approximation in Trajectory Dynamics?
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Undergrad Linear Impulse and Momentum Question
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Undergrad Understanding Rotational Acceleration and the Role of Normal Force
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Undergrad How to Calculate the Moment of Inertia for a Half Disk System?
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Undergrad Integrating force with respect to acceleration
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Undergrad Deriving the Relative Velocity of a Ball Hit by a Massive Object
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Graduate Torque of rotating coaxial cylinders with gas between them.
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High School How Does Siphon Work? Explanation & Principles
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Undergrad Bernoulli's equation not constant?
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Undergrad Lifting an object through water (force needed)
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Graduate Trouble understanding angular momentum in relation to orbits
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High School Momentum question -- average over time or average over distance?
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Undergrad Similarity between velocity and momentum
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Undergrad How does mass of a ball affect percentage of energy loss
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High School Can you define linear momentum?
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Undergrad Penetrating dense objects at high velocity
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Undergrad Conservation of energy and momentum transfer
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High School How do standing waves produce sound?
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Undergrad When do friction forces stop acting?
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Undergrad Debunking the Myth: Birds in a Truck Riddle Explained by Basic Physics
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Undergrad Is sum centrifugal force and centripetal force zero?
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Undergrad What is the final velocity of a bouncing ball after hitting a wall?
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Undergrad Racing topic - Adding weight requires more or less KE?
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High School Kinematics Projectile Question
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Graduate Salamander locomotion as a standing wave
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Undergrad If a person passes near me at Mach 2 speed would I see him?
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Graduate Determine speed of roulette ball through audio analysis?
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Graduate What if I force a spinning wheel not to precede?
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High School Piston and Cylinder: Force, Area, Distance
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