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Significant Figures: Multiplying and Dividing
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Understanding Trig In Force Diagrams
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Is 0.27 nN/nm equal to 270N/km in unit conversion?
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Liquid being pushed out of a nozzle - how to calculate it?
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Rounding Up Numbers: Explained & Examples
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What Are the Classic Problems of Physics?
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Gravitational Pull: Sun vs. Earth's on Moon
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Continuing mobius strip theory idea
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How Does Mass-Energy Equivalence Relate to Gravity?
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The Mystery: Understanding Resonance vs. Coherence
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Is My Calculation of Travel Time on a Frictionless Surface Correct?
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Reproduction of a Police Accident Report Physics 30 Question
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Double slit and psychology? General question.
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Pontoon Pump Forces: Understanding Inertia
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Finding the resultant of 3 Vectors modeling a force table
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Is it possible to harness energy from the earths magneic field?
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Effect of gravitational tides on the moon
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Oscillation of one molecule or atom
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Calculating Force on Dog's Head in Collision
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Errors and Numerical Integration
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Pseudo forces on a person in a park-swing
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Emission Spectra and the Rydberg Equation
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How many square centimeters are in 3.39ft^2?
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Standard Model Mathematical Representation
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Understanding High Tides: The Role of the Moon and Earth's Rigid Crust
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Formulating Ripple Equation for 2D Symmetry
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Building the CRT's for the Double Slit Experiment
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Overshoot when solving damping differential equations
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Question on center of mass (centroid)
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Difference between raman-spectroscopy and usual spectroscopy?
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Energy Transfer: Which Line Transfers Energy Faster?
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How is EMF Induced in a Moving Straight Wire in a Constant Magnetic Field?
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Unraveling the Mystery of Black Holes: The Paradox of Singularity and Infinity
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Physics and discrete mathematics
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PV=nRT: Volume of Container or Gas? Impact on Temperature?
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Someone explain what this is actually saying?
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Questions About Wind: Get Answers Here
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Meaning of the adiabatic constant
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How to get longitude from Two Line Element (TLE)
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Earth Grounding for AC and DC Voltage: Safety Precautions and Considerations
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Calculating a Character's Warp Speed in a Book
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Why Do Glasses and Lightbulbs Spontaneously Explode on My Desk?
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Flywheel Help: Which Will Keep Turning Longest?
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Was the second originally defined in terms of the size of the Earth and c?
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How will opening a vacuum box in a vertical water column affect the water level?
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Observation of Effects of a Large Wave
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What would happen if someone was sucked into a black hole?
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Does a Tube's Length Affect Force at the Same PSI?
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What is a Zener Diode? Understand Voltage Absorption
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How to use trigonometry on calculator
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Vacuum Pump Solution for Perfectly Sealed Chamber
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Why does food get colder on the sides quicker than in the middle?
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Does a black body radiate all colors of the rainbow?
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Investigating the Magnus Effect on Solar Wind
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What Is Time and Why Do We Misunderstand It?
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Whiskey Stones - ice, stone, steel: which is best?
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Exploding Soda Can Mystery: Uncovering the Truth
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Learn About Sine Wave Separation and Sound Processing
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What is the Coriolis Force and How Does it Affect Driving Direction?
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Do Black Holes Work Like a Sucked-Out Fire?
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Angular Momentum Projection of a Rigid Body: Formula & Proof
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Do some scientists create equation that arent based on si units.
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The Bicycle's Upright Mystery: Explained
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How did Eratosthenes calculate the tilt of the Earth?
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What is the ideal degree for gas exit in a rifle barrel?
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Why do some boats lean into turns?
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Is velocity the derivative of distance?
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So what units should i use with E=mc^2?
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Leaves have formed the circumference of the circle
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Could Redshift not result from the Doppler effect?
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Affect of elevation on bicycle suspension
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What would happen if you could blow up a planet for real?
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Identifying Equivalent Force in New Location: Examples & Solutions
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Can anti-matter create anti-gravity and is it related to photon pairing?
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Vacuum needed for coin-feather tube?
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Maximum depth at which you can breathe using a simple air pipe
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Modal Analysis of AC Unit: Refrigerant Considerations?
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Making CO2 Gas Concentrations: 50ppm, 100ppm, 1000ppm
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Basic trigonometry question regarding knee angle
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Solving Surface Tension w/Eötvös Rule: Obtaining Abnormal Results
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Self Interaction: What, When, & How to Calculate
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Can Number Theory Enhance Our Understanding of Physics?
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Calculating Air Flow in 8mm Pipe at 15psi
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Formula for sink rate for aircraft landing?
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How high must an object be to not be pulled back to Earth?
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Effects of Altitude on Convection Coefficient
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I problem I am struggling: Experiment included.
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Failure to understand a basic integral application
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Is a GUT Impossible Due to Godel's Incompleteness Theorem?
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What distinguishes a vector from a pseudovector in electromagnetism?
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Searching for a particular quotation by a renowned physicist
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How Fast Must a 1-Foot, 8-Blade Fan Spin to Push 125 Lbs of Air?
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Does this example give a transcendental equation?
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What could 100 grams of tnt destroy?
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Is Ice Melt Linear? Investigating Possible Errors in a Lab Experiment
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