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    What is a good film that has examples of the Bernoulli Principle

    We have to find a movie that has 3 good examples and 3 bad examples of this principle. We were thinking about doing Finding Nemo however we can't think of 3 bad ones and we are worried that our physics teacher might reject it since it is not a "serious" movie. Any ideas?
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    Which liquid would be the best to swim up in?

    A friend and I were debating this. Would you be better trying to swim to the surface of 20 feet of alcohol or 20 feet of honey. We can figure out that swimming out of alcohol is rather hopeless due to density but for honey we have no way to consider the viscosity of the liquid. Any thoughts?
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    What is wrong with our assumptions?

    [Moderator note: Thread moved from technical forum so no template shown] I am trying to do a simple experiment that estimates the mass of an object based on how an Atwood machine reacts when it is added to one side. For this experiment we have a pulley with 200-gram masses on either side of...
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    Can you me understand free body diagrams

    Free body diagrams are where you simplify each object to a point and draw all of the forces acting upon it. I am having difficulty understanding it entirely and it would really help to just have a bunch of examples of free body diagrams. If you have a link to a bunch that would be great. I...
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    Troubleshooting a Simulation: Acceleration & Velocity Lost in a Jump

    Hello! I have been trying to make a simulation and it doesn't quite work right, don't exactly know why. I have two questions! 1. Acceleration I have been trying I need a formula that uses. frames till full speed (f) (if framerate is 60fps and this value is 60 then player is at full speed...
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    Can you me understand drag and gravity?

    So, I was working on some code to handle this. Basically the setup is I have x, y, and z velocity. So if x is negative then move left. If y is positive move up. Z is positive move forward etc. When keys are pressed I add (or subtract) to the proper velocity value. Their are two parts of this...
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    Three big questions about Gravity, Cold and Magnets

    Hey also. Which AP physics has to do with laws of motion and collision. I am interested especially in these fields because it would be fun to be a physics programmer.
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    Three big questions about Gravity, Cold and Magnets

    Hey, So I am a sophomore in high school and have never taken a physics class before (it hasn't been offered) but I look forward too taking one. I got really thoughtful today and came up with three questions. 1. Gravity... is it energy? And is it infinite? I mean we harness gravities energy...
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