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Newton's Laws of Motion

Question 1
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A bicycle accelerates uniformly from rest; what happens to non-zero tangential acceleration along its rim as you move towards its axis?

Question 2
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A figure skater pulls her arms in to spin faster; this demonstrates which principle?

Question 3
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How does approximating a physical pendulum as a simple pendulum affect calculations related to its period?

Question 4
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How would an experimentally observed increase in an object’s inertia without altering its mass suggest a modification of which fundamental physical quantity?

Question 5
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A hockey puck slides across a rough ice surface with an initial speed; if instead it was sliding across a smooth ice surface with that same initial speed, how would this change its stopping distance?

Question 6
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How could you empirically test whether centrifugal forces within rotating frames act independently from mass distribution asymmetry?

Question 7
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What is required for an object in rotational equilibrium?

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Question 8
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A roller coaster car initially at rest starts descending from the top of a hill. As it goes down, what happens to its Potential Energy?

Question 9
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In the absence of external torques, what property does an isolated system conserve?

Question 10
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If an object is at rest and no external forces are acting on it, what will be its state of motion according to Newton's first law?