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Newton's Laws of Motion

Question 1
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By integrating an object's acceleration function with respect to time, you obtain the object's _______.

Question 2
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Question #5: In a system where a block of mass mmm is attached to a string that is wrapped around a pulley without slippage and then connected to a second identical block, but this one is partially submerged in water, what impact would increasing the density of water have on the equilibrium state of the system?

Question 3
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Question #4: A ball is thrown straight up into air with initial velocity uuu; if air resistance proportional square ball's velocity acts upon it during flight, how does maximum height reached compare original height if ball had been thrown with initial velocity u2\frac{u}{\sqrt{2}}2​u​ instead?

Question 4
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To investigate how mass distribution affects rotational inertia beyond textbook examples, which experimental setup would provide conclusive data for objects with identical masses but differing shapes?

Question 5
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If action always evokes reaction according to Newton's Third Law, what kind of force should you expect in response when pushing against a wall?

Question 6
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According to Newton's second law of motion, what happens when the net force acting on an object is doubled but the mass remains constant?

Question 7
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A solid sphere and hollow cylinder start from rest at the top of an incline plane; considering they both have identical masses and radii, which one reaches the bottom first assuming no slipping occurs?

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Question 8
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How will the vertical component of the net force acting on a ball thrown upward at an angle with respect to the horizontal change during its flight before impact if air resistance is ignored and gravitational field remains constant throughout the entire trajectory?

Question 9
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On a flat horizontal surface, when a cylinder rolls without slipping under constant acceleration, what relationship between translational acceleration (a) and angular acceleration (α) ensures pure rolling motion?

Question 10
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In an isolated system with two interacting particles having different masses, how will an increase in one particle's mass affect both particles' accelerations after collision given that total linear momentum before and after collision remains conserved?