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Does more rain strike a vehicle while moving or while stopped (or neither)? [duplicate]
Assume there is a rainstorm, and the rain falling over the entire subject area is perfectly, uniformly distributed. Now assume there are two identical cars in this area. One is standing still, and ...
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Would this model of a boat move according to Newtons 3rd Law?
If i have a small toy boat with a sail, and i attach a fan onto it, FACING THE SAIL, which runs by solar. Once the fan turns on will the boat move or will it remain at rest. Apparently it wont because ...
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Do we know how matter moves matter?
I was surprised when reading an apologetics book recently that attempted a rebuttal of the claim that "An immaterial mind cannot interact with the physical order." Here was the response:
How could ...
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What is the highest energy position for a double pendulum? And for which energy positions is it chaotic?
Math/physics teachers love to break out the double pendulum as an example of chaotic motion that is very sensitive to initial conditions. I have some questions about specific properties:
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