Ball Definition and 999 Threads
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B Path traced by a point on the periphery of the ball? Helix?
So, If we imagine a ball, give it some initial angular velocity ω, and launch it straight up, with a translational initial velocity u. What will be the path traced by a point on the periphery of the ball (the point on the either of the two extremes horizontally, left or right)? (air resistance...- AbeerJoshi
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- Ball Ratios Rotation Spin
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Fun Facts
A thread for fun facts. Lucille Ball is generally credited for the survival, and in part the success of Star Trek After a failed pilot, Lucille Ball not only advocated for a second pilot but circumvented the board of her production company, putting up her own money to ensure that the show had...- Ivan Seeking
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- Ball Star
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Disc lifted by pressurized air in a vertical tube
Hello, I have a circular pipe where there is an inbuild pressure and I have kept a circular weight on it. I would like to know what would be the lift of the weight under certain pressure. I know the relation that the minimum weight required to keep the pipe closed is F = P*A. (this F will be...- jmex
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- Ball Disc Lift
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Circular motion question: Mass on a rod rotating in a vertical circle
By looking at the following question, I have no idea why the direction of force exerted by rod on a ball is represented like that. can anyone help me to understand?- yusungmagic
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- Ball Force Rod
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Friction force on a ball falling through a body of water
I first attempted to solve the problem by ##A_{ext} = \Delta E_{mech} = F_{ext}s##. Here, ##F_{ext} = F_{friction}## and ##\Delta E_{mech} = E_{k2} + E_{p2} - E_{k1}##. We obtain then the following equation: $$F_{friction} = (m((v_2)^2 - (v_1)^2))/2h + mg,$$where ##v_1## is the velocity at time...- NikolasLund
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- Ball Force Friction
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Finding the intermediate height of a ball in terms of its maximum height
Ive done this problem two different ways (sorry it’s messy) and keep getting hB = 1/9 hA, but my homework says it’s wrong. I’m guessing it’s because I assume that v0 is 0, but I’m not sure what other formulas or steps I need to take to either find or omit the variable. Are there any other...- SelzerRS
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- Ball Height Kinematics
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Contact Mechanics: Deformation of a ball on a surface
A solid ball of radius R, density ρ, and Young’s modulus Y rests on a hard table. Because of its weight, it deforms slightly, so that the area in contact with the table is a circle of radius r. Estimate r, assuming that it is much smaller than R. I have no issues understanding the...- phantomvommand
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- Ball Deformation Surface
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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B How to characterize a rubber ball moving horizontally and bouncing off of a vertical wall?
So imagine we had a rubber ball and we threw it perpendicular to the surface of wall. The ball will obviously experience some “throwing” force — horizontal with respect to floor (let’s assume the ball is in perfect vacuum and there is no net torque). As it hits the wall, the normal force will...- adjurovich
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- Ball Newton's 2nd law
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Why does a plasma ball emit light?
Is the cause of the lighting due to the impact of electrons with the nucleus- ahmeds
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- Ball Lighting Plasma
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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I A strict proof of "why the Earth is a ball"
"bubbles are ball" is called isoperimetric problem in serious mathematic. In this topic, many essay were written. Here's my serious essay about "why earth ball", which has been rejected by arxiv and my mentors...... I would want to know if physicists are interest? I really think that is... -
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Revisiting the Feynman Ball on an Inclined Plane Problem
Fw = sec(alpha) * kg-wt Fp = tan(alpha) * kg-wt- John Helly
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- Ball Feynman Inclined
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Impulse integration for a Tennis Racket hitting a Tennis Ball
For this, Can someone please tell me why they integrate the impulse over from ##t_i## to ##t_f##? Why not from ##j_i## to ##j_f##? It seems strange integrating impulse with respect to time. Many thanks!- member 731016
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- Ball Impulse Integration Physics Tennis Time
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Medical 3 Ball Incentive Spirometer -- Exhalation mode?
I have watched a few videos about how to use a 3 ball incentive spirometer for lung rehabilitation. Most of them are about inhalation, which you exercise with the device held right side up. I also saw a couple of videos where they hold the device upside down to test and strengthen exhalation...- Swamp Thing
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- Ball Mode
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- Forum: Biology and Medical
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The final velocity of a ball rolling while slipping.
Here is the problem statement along with the figure. Here, I take the right-ward and anti-clockwise directions to be positive. After the ball collides with the wall, its angular velocity remains the same and its velocity changes direction while remaining the same in magnitude. Using the...- brochesspro
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- Angular momentum Ball Final Final velocity Rolling Rotaional kinematics Slipping Velocity
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Rolling ball, change of direction
Say I have a magic way to exert lateral forces on a free-rolling ball on a plane, with no slipping. Say I apply a force for a given period from the South, the ball starts rolling to the North and attains a constant speed. Then I suddenly apply the same force for the same period but from the... -
Find the magnitude of the momentum change of the ball?
I understand that it is a 2D momentum problem with an elastic collision; Looking at the vector diagrams below, I notice that the velocity vectors initial and final in the y direction are in the same direction, indicating that momentum does not change, whereas the velocity vectors initial and...- paulimerci
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- Ball Change Magnitude Momentum
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Distance traveled by a ball down a ramp and on a flat path
Question: A ball is hit with a certain force and it starts with an initial velocity of V m/sec decelerating due to friction along a flat path and then up an inclined ramp coming to stop at the top of the ramp where the ramp becomes flat again (as per diagram A). The total distance traveled along...- avi
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- Ball Distance traveled Flat Path Ramp
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Which statement is true? (Velocity and Acceleration of a Tennis Ball)
I understand that when a tennis ball is in motion, the velocity vectors and acceleration vectors are pointing in the same direction. When the ball slows down, it is decelerating and comes to a stop. In the above statement, I understand that from the given angle, both vectors are pointing in the...- paulimerci
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- Acceleration Ball Tennis
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I In a 3-dimension isoperimetric problem, a ball maximizes the volume
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- Ball Volume
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- Forum: Topology and Analysis
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JavaScript How to reflect the ball at an angle?
Here's the full code: When a ball collides with bat or walls, I want the ball to be reflected with an angle, how do I do it? I suspect there's lots of physics to it. So, should I stop this project here? I'd have to probably build a part of game engine…Can anyone help here?- shivajikobardan
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- Angle Ball
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Distance traveled by a Ball affected by friction after t seconds
Hi everyone, i have been trying to find an answer to this problem I have but couldnt find any good answers... (I dont know much about this stuff, but need a formula for a Project I am currently working on). So The problem goes as follows: Assuming we have a ball with a mass of m which is...- Volt582
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- Ball Distance traveled Friction Seconds
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Choose a ball at random from a randomly selected box - alternative way
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/choosing-a-ball-at-random-from-a-randomly-selected-box.1034377/ First of all, I would like to point out that this is the same exact question from what is being discussed in the thread above. In that thread, the problem is solved by adding the probability...- Rikudo
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- Ball Box Random
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Average force when a bouncy ball collides with surface
What have mistakes/wrong assumption have I made in solving this question? I tried to solve the problem this way N.B. I assume that the j hat direction is up.- String theory guy
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- Average Average force Ball Force Surface
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Understanding Periodic Motion: Proving and Explaining its Repeating Nature
For part (a) of this problem, The solution is, However why did say show the motion is periodic, but then the solutions don't show it, instead explain how it is periodic? Is there a way to prove that the motion is periodic other than the solution to part (b)? Many thanks!- member 731016
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- Ball Bouncing ball Period
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How to Calculate the Bounces of a Bouncy Ball
For school I'm trying to write some code to calculate the height of how high a ball would bounce given its mass, height, and the gravity of where it was dropped. I know there are more variables to consider, like wind resistance and the surface it was dropped on, but for now I'm trying to keep it...- oobercharge
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- Ball
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Anyone notice that the World Cup ball is a Pyritohedron?
The classic shape of a soccer (football for everyone outside of North America) is a Truncated Icosahedron. (And yes, all the shapes here are "rounded" forms. :rolleyes: ) https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-world-cups-new-high-tech-ball-will-change-soccer-forever/...- swampwiz
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- Ball world cup
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- Forum: General Discussion
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I Probability of White Ball in Box of 120 Balls: Solved!
Problem: In a box there are ##120## balls with ## X ## of them being white and ## 120 - X ## being red for random variable ##X##. We know that ## E[ X] = 30 ##. We are taking out ## k ## balls randomly and with returning ( we return each ball we take out, so there is equal probability for each...- CGandC
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- Ball Balls Box Expectation Probability Random variable
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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How to Calculate Speed of Head of Driver After Collision?
A 0.045 kg golf ball is hit by a driver. The head of the driver has a mass of 0.15 kg, and travels at a speed of 56 m/s before the collision. The ball has a speed of 67 m/s as it leaves the clubface. What is the speed of the head of the driver immediately after the collision? I'm not sure...- susan_khan
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- Ball Golf Physics 12
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Electronics Would This Setup for a Ball Bearing Accelerator Work?
I need a method to accelerate a ball bearing down a pair of wire tracks, and to generate a consistent amount of force on every activation. Please critique my tentative design: I want to use an inductive coil activated by a proximity sensor to generate a transient EM field to accelerate the ball...- WorldWiz
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- Accelerator Ball Bearing Electromagnetic coil Inductor Work
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- Forum: DIY Projects
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Finding COM of L-Shaped Rod and Ball System
I suspect we can treat the L shaped rod as two rods and then find the com for that system and then find the com of the ball and that system- March
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- Ball Rod System
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Relative velocity passing a ball between two soccer players
For some reason I'm having trouble understanding relative velocity problems. I know how to solve this, but I keep guessing at random methods until my answer matches the solution in the textbook. I solved it correctly by breaking the velocity of the ball into x- and y- components, then solved...- ekpm
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- Ball Relative Relative velocity Velocity
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Wind drag problem with a ball hanging on a rope
I drew a FBD but I feel like it's wrong because there are too many missing values. I tried this: Fy = 0 Tcosθ - Fg = 0 Tcosθ = mg T = (1.2)(9.8) / cos(25) T = 12.98 N Fx = ma Fwind - Tsinθ - Fdrag = ma Fwind - (12.98)(sin25) - Fdrag = ma I don't know how to find these missing values. I feel...- crememars
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- Ball Drag Rope Wind
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Air Resistance Question -- Dropping a tennis ball and a feather....
I thought the one with more mass would fall faster- theanswer2physicsisu
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- Air Air resistance Ball Resistance Tennis
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Conservation of momentum (wrecking ball hits a stationary object)
I have a wrecking ball with a mass of .5kg traveling at 3.03 m/s that hits a stationary block .9 meters high, weighing .06kg. I calculated the ball's exit velocity after it hits the block to be -3.00 m/s . I calculated the final velocity of th block to be 4.2 m/s Vf = Sqrt 2(g)(h) = sqrt...- SMOKEYWC
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- Ball Conservation Conservation of momentum Momentum
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Solving a Ball Thrown off a Cliff: How Long Does it Take?
This is the question: A ball is thrown with a speed of 6m/s at an angle of 25° above the horizontal from the top of a cliff. The ball strikes the ground 15 m from the bottom of the cliff. How long does it take the ball to strike the ground? How long is the cliff?Here's a visual representation...- NotInMrPutmansClass
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- Ball
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Ball free fall 100m at equator, where is the landing spot?
We have a weekly fun random chat to break from the routine of WFH. A science quiz poped up. There is no consensus on the good answer. We need 3rd party opinion. You are at the equator, dropping a steel ball into a dry well, the depth is 100 meters, the mass of the ball is 1kg. The starting...- Trikenstein
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- Ball Equator Fall Free fall
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Time to reach Max. Height for a kicked soccer ball
Vvertical=15sin30 = 7.5m/s d=Vvertical*t+0.5atsquared 0=(7.5m/s)t+0.5(-9.81m/s)t squared 0=t(7.5m/s-4.9t) t= 1.53s t=1.53/2 t= 0.76s to reach the maximum height Is this correct?- physicsstudent111
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- Ball Height Max Time
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Pendulum made with a Ball and two light strings
Sketch- Aristarchus_
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- Ball Light Pendulum Strings
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Initial velocity and angle when a ball is kicked over a 3m fence
Hello there, I don't understand what I'm doing wrong I don't get the correct answer, but have done the same analysis 3x already and still get the same... Some input would be appreciated thanks in advance. Note: y-axis is upwards and x-axis is to the right. 3 unkowns i.e. 3eqs. ##x = x_0 +...- simphys
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- Angle Ball Initial Initial velocity Velocity
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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B Question about collisions -- Knife point piercing a ball of clay
I have a question regarding the collision of two objects, specifically something heavy falling on something with a point. For example, if a 50lb ball of clay fell from 10 meters onto the point of a knife, would the knife's point have to withstand the entire force of the clay before the blade...- Decaff
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- Ball Clay Collisions Knife Point
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Find the Height of a Building by dropping a ball from the top
Hi, I have this kinematics question I am struggling with. There is a building from which a ball is dropped and it takes 5 second to reach the ground. Then they say that the same building is on a planet w/o atmosphere where g= 6 m/s^2 . What is the height of the building ? I approached this...- Tesla In Person
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- Ball Building Height
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Transition matrix of a paint ball game
Summary: Finding the transition matrix of a paint ball game where only 3 probabilities are given. We have the following question: Alice, Tom, and Chloe are competing in paint ball. Alice hits her target 40% of the time, Tom hits his target 25% of the time, and Chloe hits her target 30% of the...- CTK
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- Ball Game Matrix Paint Transition Transition matrix
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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B Will a round-headed rod topple if it slides down a frictionless slope?
Well, the problem is that, someone told me that a ball won't roll when sliding down a frictionless slope because the resultant force mgsinx is parallel to the slope which means that the ball will slide down the slope. Now, replace the ball with a round headed rod, does this means that the rod...- James Brown
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- Ball Frictionless Rod Slope Spin Torque
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Answer the question about time of cooling of a ball
Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post my question, however I still want to know. Recently, my teacher asked me the following question: "In which of the cases will the cooling time be the least: 1. the ball is suspended from the ceiling 2.the ball lies on a stand with a thermal...- Hurcane
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- Ball Cooling Physics Thermodynamics Time
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Projectile motion when kicking a ball that lands on an upward slope
We know x = R =max range (28m) on level ground. Need to find v()^2. Subbing y=0 into (1) above, get v(0)^2 = (gR^2/)/(2*cos (theta)^2 * tan (theta). ... (2) This didn't seem right, since this means v(0)^2 is a negative number ... maybe my orientation or algebra wrong? Anyway, didn't see...- gjh
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- Ball Motion Projectile Projectile motion Slope
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Golf Ball Projectile Motion Problem -- Solved
26.6m/s = v0 36.5º = θ g = 9.81m/s^2 A) Find Range: (v0^2)/g *sin2θ = (26.6^2)/9.81 * sin2(36.5) = 89.99 I double-checked with the other Range equation (2v0*cosθ * (v0sinθ)/g) so I know I'm doing something wrong. Please help! Thank you edit: A) Correct answer is 69.0- Undeterred247
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- Ball Golf Motion Projectile Projectile motion
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Horizontal impulse on a ball at rest on a plane (with friction)
Summary:: I'd like to check my understanding of standard problems where a billiard ball resting on a plane is hit horizontally at some height above its center So the situation is that a ball of mass ##m## and radius ##r## is at rest on a horizontal surface. There is friction between the ball...- FranzDiCoccio
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- Angular momentum Ball Friction Horizontal Impulse Plane Rest
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Engineering Hydrostatic Pressure of Ball Floating in Liquid
Let's say there's an object floating in liquid. The depth of the object below the surface is 𝑑 and its height above the water is ℎ. The density of the ball is 𝑝𝑏 and the density of the liquid is 𝑝𝐿. The pressure above the water is 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚. I understand this situation when only the density of the...- hayleejo34
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- Ball Floating Hydrostatic Hydrostatic pressure Liquid Pressure
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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B How does the size of pool balls affect the amount of force needed for a shot?
A=Cueball start position CP=Centre Point where balls collide B=The pocketHey guys, I was asked this question that seems completely obvious but I keep second guessing myself over it, I have included a basic picture to explain what I’m about to describe Say you were to take the above pool...- Joe seki
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- Ball
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Momentum and Impulse Problem with a Ball bouncing off a Wall
a) Assuming it is inelastic as it is accelerating and therefore kinetic energy is not conserved? Intuitively this doesn't feel right... b) change in momentum = p initial - p final = force x time p initial = 0 as at rest p final = 0.25 x v2 force x time = area under graph = 0.1 therefore 0.25 x...- GiantGoose
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- Ball Impulse Momentum Wall
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help