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How much water is equal to 16 oz of ice?

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If I were to pull a string on a toy gyroscope spinning the wheel in the counter- clockwise direction as viewed from the top, which direction will the spinning top's axis process?

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A ball with a mass of 200g falls from a height of 5m on a hard floor and bounces to the height of 3m. What energy is lost by the ball as a result of the impact on the floor?

asked Jul 17, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by steven willet

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A baseball is thrown with an initial velocity of 100 m/sec at an of angle 30° above the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will it attain its original level?

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How fast do locomotives travel?

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Why is Michio Kaku ignored as a research physicist?

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If an object in space has no weight, how come it takes a lot of force to slow or stop a large object like an asteroid, etc.?

asked Jul 15, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by greenback78

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How long would it take a ball that is 4 meters above the ground to reach the ground if it hurled horizontally at 4 meters per second? How far can the ball move horizontally until it lands?

asked Jul 14, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by Andy Harper

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A ball is thrown upward at 12 m/s from the top of a building. How much later must a second ball be dropped from the same starting point if it is to hit the ground at the same time as the 1st ball? The initial position is 24m above the ground.

asked Jul 14, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by SImon DArcy

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If an object has a mass of 4kg and a height of 3m, what is the object's gravitational potential energy?

asked Jul 14, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by goldwise

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Would a submarine hull design also work as a spaceship where the external forces would be reversed? Rather than a crushing atmospheric pressure there would be a vacuum?

asked Jul 13, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by SrewcFix

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Is centripetal and centrifugal force a natural force?

asked Jul 13, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by TonicUK

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What happens if you fall from a skyscraper into the deepest pool in the world?

asked Jul 13, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by funinthebathroom

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A stone falls off a cliff and hits the ground below with a velocity of 60m/s. What height does the stone fall?

asked Jul 13, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by Maria Johnson

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A ball is dropped from rest from the top of a building. What is the instantaneous velocity of the ball after 6 seconds, how far the ball fell, and what is the average velocity up to that point?

asked Jul 12, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by CelestialScribe

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How is alternating current converted to direct current?

asked Jul 12, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by Gary R Smith

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Is there any thing that travels faster than light?

asked Jul 11, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by NovaDreamer

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If I shake a gun while it's shooting, why don't the bullets hit the interior sides of the chamber and damage the weapon?

asked Jul 11, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by toffee

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A bullet is fired horizontally from the top of a tower of height 80m with a speed of 800m/s. How long will it take to reach the ground (g=10m/S2)?

asked Jul 10, 2022 in Physics of Everyday Life by trovo

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How far does a train travel in one hour at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour (km/h)?

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