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If a body starts from rest and travel at an acceleration of 12 m/s^2 for a time of 5 seconds, can you calculate the velocity?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by EmberSeeker

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For the acceleration of a particle moving along a straight line is a=-0.2v*2m/s*2 where vis in m/s. If the initial velocity v=80M/s at t=0, what is the velocity when t=2 seconds?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Volkan Elmaz (2.4k points)

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How does an acceleration vs mass graph look like?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Cara Baker

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Two forces of 5 N and 10 N acted on a block of 2 kg. What would be the acceleration?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Ejt2109 (3.5k points)

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A mass of 1kg sliding on a surface with an initial velocity of 10m/s is stopped by friction in 1 second. What is the force of friction equal to?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by JulesF321

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A tract covers 40m in 8.5s while smoothly slowing down to a final speed of 2.8m/s. What is its original velocity and its acceleration?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by MysticVerse

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What would be the acceleration of a body starting from rest acquires a velocity of 10 m/s-1 in five seconds with a distance of 50?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Walker

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Why do physicists use classical mechanics and not quantum mechanics to describe things like orbits, which occur at extremely large distances from Earth/stars?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by NebulaNova

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At kinematics I learned that x and y components of velocity are independent of each other and now while learning orbits they say that if velocity in x is big enough the object won't hit the earth despite earth's gravity. So how does it work?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by ChilliBob

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What happens when you increase the coefficient of static friction between two surfaces that are in contact?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by kittblack

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What is the equation for velocity if there is no change in direction or speed but an increase in acceleration?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by StuG

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A dictionary is pulled to the right at a constant velocity by a 10N force acting 30 degrees above the horizontal. The coefficient of sliding friction between the book and the horizontal surface is 0.5. What is the w book?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Maybach

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An automobile traveling on a straight road at 30m/s slows down to 10m/S in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Monte Carlo

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Is the ISS constantly changing its vector due to its orbit? Shouldn't astronauts therefore feel a force of acceleration due to change in velocity?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Peter Allen

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Can an object have negative acceleration and still move in the positive direction (velocity)? If yes, why?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by AstralMystic

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How do you calculate the range of an object given its initial velocity and final velocity?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by harryj

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Can you explain the difference between speed, velocity, and acceleration for waves?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by MysticOracle

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How can I know when I should use the 3 equations of motion in problems?

asked Feb 20, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by Clams

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A car moving at 30m/s stops with a constant acceleration in a distance of 100m. What is the acceleration and the time to stop?

asked Feb 20, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by ThatDudeNick

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An aircraft decelerates at 0.5 m/s. After 6 minutes, its velocity has dropped to 120m/s, what is its initial velocity?

asked Feb 20, 2023 in Classical Mechanics by VelvetTwilight

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