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Calculating Gas Savings: Roundabout vs. 4-way Stop in Busy Intersection
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Conservation of Momentum of a body of mass
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Alternating acceleration understanding ?
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Weight of water in different vessels
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Circular Work Vs. Straight line work
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Tips on solving 2D Kinematic problems
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Moment of inertia of curved cuboid
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How can a non-flowing fluid have kinetic energy?
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Why weight on an incline is different?
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Earning from home made generator
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Velocity in certain direction[components]
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Kinetic Energy and Angle of Velocity - Clarification
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Is Speed the Same as Velocity in Physics?
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Can gravitational potential energy be converted to mass
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Integrals of motion some more important than others?
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12V Car Battery Amps: How Much Current Generated?
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How wood is less dense than water?
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GPMs of water with elevation changes.
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Product moments of inertia- what are they intuitively?
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Introduction to hydrodymanics?
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Equipotential with Spherical Conductors
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Trying to really understand work
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Incorrect solution to impulsive dynamics problem?
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Why is Work a Scalar? Understanding its Definition
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Is it possible to use Newton's Law of Gravity AND Einstein's Theory of Gravity?
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Solving Pressure Problem: Hello, World
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How Big of a Motor Do I Need to Move a 12t Cart on Rails at 5m/min?
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How to convert acceleration as a funtion of position to a function of time?
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Acceleration across a frictionless surface
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Why Does Sound from Above the Surface Sound Faint Underwater?
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Why Does the Derivative of Momentum Appear in Angular Momentum Calculations?
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Hair-brained venturi idea, will it work?
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Ping-pong ball floating on a bowl of water
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Why is potential energy the NEGATIVE of the work done?
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Induction coil powering a crt: how does it work?
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Pressure on a lateral side of a tank
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Bulk Modulus and the speed of sound
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Curious Question about Velocity
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Negative and positive results when dealing with Newton's Laws
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Solving for time in 1D Kinematics
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Could a ball lying on the ground spontaneously bounce?
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What factors contribute to gas pressure in a confined space?
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