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Graduate Geometric Progressions: Finding the Sum of an Infinite Series
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Undergrad Adding Radius of Gyration values?
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Undergrad Understanding the Impact of Mass on Falling Objects: Applying Newton's 2nd Law
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Undergrad What is the formula for calculating water jet reaction force?
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High School Would a Syringe in Space Create a Void Without Resistance?
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Undergrad How Does the Vector Triangle Principle Apply to Different Physical Quantities?
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Undergrad Mass dropped with preloaded spring
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Undergrad Measurement of a missile's trajectory and maneuver
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Undergrad Why Does Dropping a Ball into a Well Result in Different Energy Sums?
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Undergrad How do I calculate the horsepower required to start a vehicle uphill at work?
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Undergrad Sound/Signal Propagation through glass?
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High School Does pushing down on a book increase the Normal force?
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High School Relationship between speed, distance, and time
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Undergrad Air flow from large to small tube.What happens to pressure?
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High School Wanting clarification on Centrifugal force
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Undergrad Proper Acceleration In Accelerometer ?
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Graduate Pressure Variation: Water Pipe on Seabed & Boat Connection
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Undergrad Understanding a sound spectrum analyzer output
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Undergrad Is Work Done by Different Forces Path-Dependent?
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Undergrad Calculating Rotational Inertia of a Disk with Mass M and Radius R
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Undergrad Bernoulli's Equation: Deriving the Formula
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High School Why Ships Float: Displacing Water vs Weight in Air
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Undergrad Can Friction Cause Torque & Work on Rolling Objects?
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High School Understanding the Role of Friction in Car Wheels Turning
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High School What does an accelerometer measure?
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Undergrad Bernoulli principle and fluid particle
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Graduate Why is the birefringence pattern in a car colorless?
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Undergrad Energy and impact -- Are these scenarios too different?
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Graduate Lagrangian in Newtonian mechancs
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Undergrad Why is work considered a conservative force?
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High School Why we don't feel the universe acceleration ?
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Undergrad Solving Spring Force Equation: 2X
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Undergrad Why work done by a force is a scalar product
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Undergrad Does friction always result in energy loss?
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High School Opposing force of pushing air through a duct vs outside it?
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Undergrad Inert gas pressure in incandescent bulb
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Undergrad What Happens When Air is Drained from a Hot Air Balloon with a Solid Shell?
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Undergrad Pressure and area relationship in fluids
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High School Hydrogen vs Gasoline: Power Explosion in IC Engines
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Undergrad Inclined plane and 2 wheels problem
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Undergrad Kinetic equation -- 2 masses attracted in space and collision....
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Undergrad Wind Turbine, wind direction, air direction, drag direction?
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Graduate Calculating Force of Bouncing Ball Bearing
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Undergrad Why is a satellite's orbit period independent of its mass?
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Undergrad Positive Acceleration: Is Slowing Down in Negative Direction Considered?
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Graduate Coaxial cable and Potential between
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Undergrad Trying to determine formula for a certain type of lever
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High School The Problem That Riddles Any Radical Thinker: WTH Is Energy
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Undergrad Understanding Torque: The Relationship Between Torque and Angular Momentum
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Undergrad Skater Ramp Simulation: Potential Energy vs. Position
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High School Force Relative to the vertical?
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Undergrad Water all around when air stays upside down
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High School Does the Kinetic Theory of Matter Always Apply Across Different Substances?
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Undergrad Orbital Velocity: Why Mass Doesn't Matter
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High School Levarge .... Is that even physics?
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Undergrad Conservation of linear/angular momentum in a ballistic pendulum
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High School How can an air pump move water?
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High School Friction Direction in lever with drum
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High School Acceleration of a ferris wheel
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Undergrad Can anyone estimate the speed of a vehicle in a car accident without skid marks?
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Undergrad Is mgsinθ=static frictional force on an inclined plane?
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High School Beginner Physics: Kinematics Formulas
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High School Solve Unknown Spring Equation from Foxtrot Comic Strip
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Undergrad Head loss equaling head pressure?
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High School Why is the solution for time of flight multiplied by a factor of 2?
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Graduate Calculate the 'Feel' of a Drumhead?
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Graduate Calculating Kinetic Force for Sci-Fi Story: Help Needed
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Undergrad Energy conservation and particle acceleration
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Undergrad Is 1/4π built into G, the gravitational constant?
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High School Why is the first derivative velocity?
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High School Statics :　Direction of Moments
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia and Bike stability
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Undergrad Calculating force on a punching bag?
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High School Is Newton's 3rd law incorrect?
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Undergrad Why Is Water Transparent to Visible Light but Absorbs Microwaves?
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Undergrad What Are the Rules for Drawing a Free Body Diagram?
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Graduate Instability of free rigid body rotation about middle axis
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Undergrad Potential difference: positive or negative?
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Undergrad Proof/Explanation to why bullet hits the apple
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Graduate Fluid Shear Paradox: Is There Shear?
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Undergrad Maximum height of ball with changing acceleration
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Undergrad Ball Momentum After Paddle Collision
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Undergrad How rockets take curved paths in space (absent gravity)
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Graduate What is the aerodynamic drag of an object traveling at high supersonic velocity?
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Graduate Energy conservation in Lagrangian Mechanics
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Graduate Parallel string walking between two threaded cylinders?
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Graduate Cause of Hajj stampede casualties
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High School What does this line of Isaac Newton's rap video mean?
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Graduate Plate mode shape subjected to damage
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Graduate Would a falling object have jerk?
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Graduate Collision of Unequal Mass Particles in a Gravitational Field
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Undergrad Acceleration in non-uniform circular motion
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Undergrad Question about mg on oscilations course
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Graduate Why is momentum conserved for non conservative system?
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High School Finding Velocity for an object in Translational Equilibrium
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High School What is the acceleration of a car at constant speed?
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Graduate Prerequisites needed to grasp analytical mechanics.
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Undergrad Friction force has different effect than Applied Force?
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Undergrad What is Jerk and Jounce conceptually?
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High School F=MA: Box Weights & Impact on Contents
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