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Information Conservation in Logic Gates and Computer Components
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Potential difference in an alternator
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Friction in a hemispherical bowl
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Conservation of energy across the universe
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Do Electrons Travel from the Positive to the Negative Terminal in a Battery?
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Moment of Inertia: Rules & Usage Guide
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How does linear velocity of a spinning object affect its rebound
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How is Angular Momentum conserved in orbits?
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How would one calculate pressure increase in cooker
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Where does the sense of weight come from?
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How to know if all the strings have the same tension or not
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Pressure Gradients along an angle pipe
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How Does Increased Surface Tension Affect Liquid Surface Area and Volume?
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How can you identify the type of gun by the sound it makes?
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Angular momentum for these strange nonplanar gears?
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Anti-hydrogen molecular spectra?
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What is the Relationship Between Inertia and Moment of Inertia?
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Is Kinetic Energy Really Constant in Constant Velocity Motion?
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Penetration of falling object into sediment (after water)
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Slipping vs No Slipping Ball Race
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Work: Isolated & Non-Isolated Systems Difference
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Why removing and replacing remote battery makes it work?
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Two discs connected by a stiff spring
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Answering Sound Wave Questions
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Bernoulli's Princple vs Flow Equation (deltaP=QR)
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Can someone explain elastic band physics
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Centripetal Force - same thing as gravitational force?
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Shouldb constant acceleration when simulating magnus effect?
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Problem with 2 cars on almost masless spining platform
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Total angular momentum is the sum of angular momentum of CM and that about CM
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Blowing between two objects -- Why is the pressure low?
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Does rotational motion affect the translational motion?
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How can a ball rise higher than originally dropped?
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Classical mechanics formulations?
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Is the trajectory parabolic or elliptical?
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Spring Displacement in Moving Part: Constant Pressure?
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Jumping straight up while skateboarding downhill
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What (if anything) is sound made of?
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Rotational Vectors not merely a bookkeeping device?
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Force Analysis of a compressed spring
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Direction of friction on a rolling body
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Question about torque (I think) and a gymnastic exercise
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Hardware that can produce sound waves with frequencs 0-200hz
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Rigid body with center of rotation other than CoM
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Why is there a set speed of sound in a certain medium?
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How can the end of a rod accelerate faster than g?
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Is there a true upward force on a rotating object?
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How does a Triple Beam Balance work?
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Pressure distribution on an air mattress
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