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Terminal velocity of all falling objects is same?
Ideally 2 objects of different mass and weight will hit the floor at same time because they face same gravitational pull and accelerate. Will the terminal velocity of both objects be same also? and ...
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Is there any place you can safely skydive without a parachute?
While trying to explain to someone how a kitten walked away from a fall from a skyscraper I got to wondering if there's any place a human could do that and I find myself out of my depth.
The only ...
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calculate distance in feet using time interval from iphone camera [duplicate]
i am working on iPhone application to achiever the below functionality.
i want the distance in feet between Two Points from the below information.
i am standing at one position with iPhone (Camera ...
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Difference between velocity vectors, relative speed
Consider two particles moving in the same direction instantaneously but one of them follows a circular path and one follows a straight path.
If I adopt a rotating frame of reference in which the ...
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Relative Velocity problem
I was solving many problems on relative velocity and observed that when the question asks,
"what is the minimum time taken by the boat/man to cross the river.?"
so the solution says that he ...
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Why does the mass of an object increase when its speed approaches that of light?
I'm reading Nano: The Essentials by T. Pradeep and I came upon this statement in the section explaining the basics of scanning electron microscopy.
However, the equation breaks down when the ...
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A space vehicle travelling at a velocity of 1296 (km/h) separates by a controlled explosion into two sections of mass 7276 (kg) and 236 (kg) [closed]
A space vehicle traveling at a velocity of 1296 (km/h) separated by a controlled explosion into two sections of mass 7276 (kg) and 236 (kg). the two parts continue in the same direction with the ...
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How to smooth a path (and speed calculation) based on randomly timed coordinates? [closed]
first my actual problem. then my try on improving the current way of solving this with the wish for feedback or even a solution :)
gpx file with lat/long, elevation and time. wanna calculate speed... ...
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How can I add an acceleration vector to a velocity with a different direction?
I am in my last year of high school and am struggling with some homework. I'm sorry if this question is incredibly stupid, but I simply can't find the answer in my notes.
If I have an object with a ...
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Why pulse waves results in wave packets?
I was doing experiments of measuring sonic velocity and I generate pulse waves from sensor 1, but when they are received by sensor 2, I saw wave packets on the oscilloscope, can you explain why?
I was ...
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What's the physical difference between the quantities $\langle v_{i}v_{j}\rangle$ and $\langle v_{i}\rangle\langle v_{j}\rangle$?
What's the physical difference between the quantities $\left\langle v_{i}v_{j}\right\rangle $ and $\left\langle v_{i}\right\rangle \left\langle v_{j}\right\rangle $?
Where $\left\langle ...
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Why is there no such thing as a body in a state of acceleration?
It appears that velocity is a quantity of motion meaning that all objects can have assigned to them a particular velocity. Through the application of forces (ex: gravity, E&m) we measure changes ...
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man walking in rain:relative velocity
A man walking in rain at a speed of 3kmph find rain to be falling vertically. When he increases his speed to 6 kmph, he finds rain meeting him at an angle of 45 deg to the vertical. What is the speed ...
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Determining the acceleration of one to another with three unknowns [closed]
Given the following image, how would you determine the acceleration of block A, and the acceleration of block B relative to A? I'm trying to include the pulley as part of block A but I cannot figure ...
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Acceleration, velocity and speed
It is given that acceleration is constant, so can we infer that average speed and velocity are the same?? Moreover, circular motion is out of the question, as the function of x(t) where ...
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Why do people claim electrons are accelerating
A lot of text books mention that one of the reasons that classical mechanics failed to explain atomic and subatomic processes is that electrons which accelerate should release energy in the form of ...
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Functions of Time
1) Is position a function of time only or also velocity? Likewise, is velocity a function of time only or also the position?
2) The following are functions of time:
$s(t)$ = distance a particle ...
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Elevator acceleration and velocity equation [closed]
I have a small question about the velocity and the acceleration of elevators.
I am looking for equations which is for a constant velocity and acceleration ( for exemple some elevators didn't have a ...
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Parachute in vacuum
Consider that the earth is vacuum. Consider a person of weight 100 kg is falling from sky with an parachute . He is free falling at height of 3000 m. When will he reach the ground? What would happen ...
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Need help with the position of a particle in a velocity-versus-time graph
I am having trouble with a velocity-versus-time graph. I recently took a Physics test that asked this question: The graph shows the velocity versus time for a particle moving along the $x$ axis. The ...
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What's the acceleration of pendulum when velocity is zero
For a pendulum which has a light string to hang a bob, I know that when the bob swing to the leftmost or rightmost end, the velocity of the bob is zero and the acceleration should be maximized. But if ...
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Kinematics with non constant acceleration
A particle experiences an acceleration described by
$$
a=kx^{-2}
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where x is the displacement from the origin and k is an arbitrary constant.
To what value does the velocity v of the particle ...
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Gravity mitigated by velocity regardless of mass?
We know that a small object moving fast enough can pass by a planet and escape its gravity. Would this be (theoretically) true in reverse? Meaning a planet moving fast enough past a stationary smaller ...
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Explanation that air drag is proportional to speed or square speed?
A falling object with no initial velocity with mass $m$ is influenced by a gravitational force $g$ and the drag (air resistance) which is proportional to the object's speed. By Newton´s laws this can ...
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Calculating Average Velocity
I understand that the concept of an average of a data list means finding a certain value 'x', which ensures that the sum of the deviations of the numbers on the left of 'x' and on the right of 'x' ...
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Deriving equations of motion using integration
Please refer to my school textbook pg48 (of the book, and not the pdf counter) here: http://ncertbooks.prashanthellina.com/class_11.Physics.PhysicsPartI/ch-3.pdf
My doubt is in this context: (right ...
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How low can an electron go?
Title says it all - recently I encountered a strange homework exercise on de Broglie dual theory with an electron wavelength of few millimeters - which implies the velocity lower than 1 m/s. I ...
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Force with zero acceleration [duplicate]
If I apply a force on a body which is kept against a wall, then the body will not move. The body is not moving means that its velocity is zero, and hence its acceleration is also zero. According to ...
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An unmarked police car passed by a speeding car [closed]
Hi I'm trying to solve the problem
An unmarked police car traveling at a constant speed of 95 km/h is passed by a speeder traveling at 140 km/h. Precisely, 1.00 s after the speeder passes, the ...
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Light traveling through a medium
Does the frequency of light change when it travels across an interface between two media? What happens to the light wavelength and the light velocity at the interface?
I've gotten different answers ...
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Where are we : On level ground or on a ramp - moving in a train?
Let's say we are traveling in a train. The path has two parts: one at ground-level and the other moving up on the ramp. The ramp has an inclination of $\arctan\frac{a}{g}$ with the horizontal, where ...
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Do you use the magnitude equation to get speed from an accelerometer?
A guy suggested to me that getting speed from an accelerometer required the use of this equation:
$\text{speed} = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2 + z^2}$
This does not make any sense to me, all that you would get ...
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Conservation of Momentum from Recoil Speed
A gun has a recoil speed of 2 m/s when firing. If the gun has a mass of 2kg and the bullet has a mass of 10g (0.01 kg) what speed does the bullet come out at?
The gun has zero total momentum before ...
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How do you find the velocity function of a mechanical wave?
With the form $y(x,t)=A\sin(kx-\omega t+\phi_0)$, there are two variables, How do I find the velocity? I don't know I can apply derivative with two variables.
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What is the general formula for a trebuchet?
What I'm really looking for is a formula for a trebuchet that I can input the desired initial velocity after launch and mass of the object, and from that figure out how long the long arm, short arm, ...
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Finding the force of friction of a moving object and its change when it accelerates to a constant speed
I have been searching for a straight forward answer to this question for ages now and it is driving me crazy.
Here is what I know:
If an object is moving at a constant speed the force of friction ...
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Can you completely explain acceleration to me?
I understand what acceleration is, and I know the formula, and I understand it's a vector.
I just don't understand how the equation works exactly. I'm kind of picky, I know, but bear with me.
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Determining Maximum Velocity of an object traveling horizontally
I'm in the process of working on a physics related game. I'm looking to find the maximum velocity of an object given it's mass and the force acting on it when it is traveling horizontally. I believe ...
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Double light speed
Let's say we have 2 participles facing each other and traveling at speed of light
Let's say I'm sitting on #1 participle so in my point of view #2 participle's speed is c+c=2c, double light speed? ...
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Aircraft nose-up glide
In the pilot's introductory book "Stick and Rudder" it claims that a nose-up glide is possible. It doesn't state how, why or when. It implies it's possible to do and maintain a constant forward ...
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Does a fly get brought up to speed with a bus?
Consider a scenario where a bus is moving at a constant speed and a fly enters through a window,the fly is also flying at a constant speed.
Since the bus is not in contact with the fly and neither is ...
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A 0.1kg ball of dough is thrown up with a velocity of 15m/s. What is the momentum halfway up? [closed]
I know that $p=mv$ and (0.1kg)(15m/s)=1.5 kg m/s and the momentum at the vertex is 0, but what is the momentum halfway up?
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What is the difference between impulse and momentum?
What is the difference between impulse and momentum?
The question says it all...I know the second of of them is mass * velocity, but what is the first one for, and when is it used? Also, what are its ...
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How does Baumgartner slow his velocity so that the parachute can open up?
How does Baumgartner slow his velocity so that the parachute can open up?
What is Baumgartner's speed just before his parachute opens?
What causes his speed to slow down just before the chute opens?
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Is velocity quantized?
If velocity is not quantized, then do moving objects have 'infinitely decimal place' velocities which we just can't measure to infinite decimal places? From my understanding the quantization of ...
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Physics about plane take off simple find the acceleration problem [closed]
This was on my test, but I kinda botched it I think.
I was trying to use
V^2f = Vo^2 + 2a(delta x)
A plane must reach 226km/h to take off. Runway is 2000m. What's minimum acceleration needed? ...
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Truck driven from a small motor that can carry a heavy load, yet can travel fast.
I am building a truck from trash as materials. I have one small motor and a a few small gears, but no other engineered materials are allowed. The truck must carry a load for a distance of 3m. The ...
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When driving uphill why can't I reach a velocity that I would have been able to maintain if I started with it?
Consider these two situations when driving on a long straight road uphill:
Starting at a high velocity $v_h$, which the car is able to maintain.
Starting at a lower velocity $v_l$, and then trying ...
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Is there an easy derivation of relativistic velocities addition and relativistic doppler shift?
Is there an easy derivation of relativistic velocities addition and relativistic doppler shift?
I'm looking for some easy derivation of the above. Like this ...
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Escape Velocity question
I would like some help in understanding the derivation of the formula for escape velocity.
Why does $t$ approach infinity? And why is $v(t)$ approaching zero?
I know that $r(t)$ is infinite because ...
