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Why does an object thrown with spin keep spinning in the same direction instead of just rotating randomly around its center?

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Does holding a cigarette lighter in your hand when you make a fist actually improve your punch?

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If a UFO suddenly accelerated to 25,000 miles per hour, wouldn't this create a destructive wind?

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Two cars leave the same location taking separate roads at an angle of 63° to each other. The cars travel at 35 km/h and 40 km/h. How far apart will the cars be (by a direct route) after 3 hours?

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How many kilometers per hour was the object going if it traveled three meters during one second at constant speed?

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Why do two identical objects with different weights hit (or come in contact with) each other at exactly the same moment when dropped together from a tall building or cliff edge?

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When an object is thrown upwards will the acceleration be negative or positive. And when it is falling what will be its acceleration negative or positive?

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How many atoms that were once part of my body are now in Tennessee?

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While covering a distance of 24km, a man notices that after walking for 1 hour and 40 minutes, the distance covered by him was 5/7 of the remaining distance. What was his speed in meters per second?

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Can you weigh down a balloon to float in the same spot in air?

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Do candle warmers ruin candles and are they safe?

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How do electric fields and magnetic fields interact?

asked Oct 20, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by CrystalSeeker

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How does the universe expanding at a rate beyond c not mean that not everything can travel at a maximum speed of c?

asked Oct 20, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by LunarHarmony

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A bullet fired in a horizontal direction with a velocity of 300 meters per second. In the absence of air resistance, how far will it have dropped in travelling a horizontal distance of 60 m?

asked Oct 20, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by philce

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Why does styrofoam float and other objects sink when placed in water?

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What is the acceleration of a bus that is travelling at a speed of 72 km/h?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by poolethetool

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Is gravity constant? Why or why not?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by Telmay

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What would an object look like rotating in all directions simultaneously?

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A body cycles continuously through a distance of 10 km in 5 minutes. What is its average speed?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by StellarTwilight

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Given any range of temperature and pressure, can you boil everything? Eg: Is there some temperature and pressure at which chicken boils?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by LunarHarmony

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