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Introduction to Base Dimensions and Your Friends
Introduction to SI (Système international d'unités or Metric Units) and English (or Imperial) units. Dimensions are your Friend.
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Parallel Plates Uniform Electric Field
Understanding the uniform electric field between parallel plates of equal magnitude and opposite charge.
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Summing the Forces is Vector Addition
Summing the forces is nothing new, it is vector addition. This video compares summing the forces to graphical vector addition. This video builds off the previous video "A Three Force Example of Newton's 2nd Law with Components” which you...
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Torque - Mass on Plank with String
A 0.300 kg mass rests on a 0.395 m long, 0.764 kg, uniform wooden plank supported by a string as shown in the figure. If the mass is 0.274 m from the wall and the angle between the string and the plank is 32.1°, (a) What is the force of...
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LC Circuits - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism review LC circuits including the basics of how an LC circuit works, the limits, derivations of charge, current, and energy as a functions of time, and an animation of all of that. Also a discussion...
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Average Velocity Example Problem with Three Velocities
This example problem works through finding the average velocity when we have multiple parts to the givens. It involves splitting the given information into separate parts, finding the total displacement, the total time and then the total...
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Using Newton's Second Law to find the Force of Friction
In order to use Newton’s Second Law, you need to correctly draw the Free Body Diagram. This problem explains a common mistake students make involving the force applied. We also review how to find acceleration on a velocity as a function...
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Net Work equals Change in Kinetic Energy Problem by Billy
Learn with Billy as he uses the Work-Energy Theorem or what I prefer to call the Net Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem to solve a problem.
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Introductory Newton's 2nd Law Example Problem and Demonstration
This video could also be called "Finding the Force of Friction between a Dynamics Cart and Track” because we use Newton’s Second Law to analyze a demonstration and show how negligible the force of friction really is.
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Impulse for Two Objects being Attracted to One Another
In a universe devoid of anything else, two identical spheres of mass, m, and radius, R, are released from rest when they have a distance between their centers of mass of X. Find the magnitude of the impulse delivered to each sphere until...
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A Free-Fall Problem That You Must Split Into Two Parts
This is a complicated free-fall problem where you have to identify that the velocity at the top of the path is zero in the y-direciton. Furthermore, you have to look at it from the perspective of the whole event and splitting the problem...
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Nerd-A-Pult #2 - Another Projectile Motion Problem
This time in our projectile motion problem, we know the displacement in the y-direciton and we are solving for the displacement in the x-direciton. We could you use the quadratic formula and I even show you how, however, I also show you...
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Letting Go Of Your Numbers Dependency
I teach physics. Trust me when I say that you need to learn to let go of your numbers dependency. In this video, I show why.
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What is Terminal Velocity? How Do We Find It?
The acceleration and terminal velocity of a dropped object are determined. The motion graphs of dropped coffee filters are demonstrated. Terminal velocity of a baseball is determined. Numerical Modeling is previewed. Want Lecture Notes?...
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Understanding the Force of Friction Equation
The Force of Friction Equation is actually three equations is one.
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Point Particle with Rigid Object Collision - Conservation of Angular Momentum Demonstration and Problem
A 5.3 g dart moving horizontally at 16.9 m/s collides with and sticks to a stationary Rotational Inertia Demonstrator a distance of 31.7 cm from the axis of rotation of the RID. What is the final angular velocity of the RID?
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Angular Momentum and a Pulley Mass System
Angular momentum is used to determine the acceleration of a pulley mass system. two alternate solutions are shown, and the acceleration is demonstrated. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic. Content Times: 0:00 The Problem 1:50 The...
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Using Impulse to Calculate Initial Height
A 66 g beanbag is dropped and stops upon impact with the ground. If the impulse measured during the collision is 0.33 N·s, from what height above the ground was the beanbag dropped?
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Continuous Charge Distributions - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism review of continuous charge distributions including: derivation of the integral E Field equation, requirements specific to the AP curriculum, charge densities, a full solution to finding the...
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Analyzing the Apollo 15 Feather and Hammer Drop - A Basic Introductory Free-Fall Problem
Apollo 15 Video Courtesy of NASA: The 1971 Feather and Hammer Drop Experiment performed by Astronaut David Scott. We analyze the experiment to determine the height from which the feather and hammer were dropped. It is a great, basic,...
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Introduction to Kinetic Energy with Example Problem
Mr.p rides a bike and drives a car to help you learn about Kinetic Energy.
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Impulse Introduction or If You Don't Bend Your Knees When Stepping off a Wall
Now mr.p doesn’t bend his knees when stepping off a wall. What is the new force of impact?
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Conservation of Angular Momentum Introduction and Demonstrations
Several demonstrations of #AngularMomentumConservation are shown using a rotating stool. The equations is also derived using Newton’s Second Law. Conservation of the direction of angular momentum is also demonstrated.
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5 Steps to Solve any Free Body Diagram Problem
Learn how to solve problems that have Free Body Diagrams!