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Why does low tire pressure reduce fuel efficiency?
I've always thought that it was because the frictional force on the tire was increased due to the bulging of the tires increasing the surface area in contact with the road. However, a colleague of ...
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Physics/forces involved when separating two 5 gallon buckets
So a friend jokingly said "there's no force in the universe stronger than two 5 gallon buckets that are stick together." And I thought that this has to have a wonderfully complex and scientific ...
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How does a bowl of hot water move by itself?
I think everyone should have seen a bowl of hot water moving by itself on a flat surface such as glass(seems like it is moving by itself but maybe there are some external force applied to it when it ...
