Tag: estimation

So, here’s the obvious next question: Is kinetic energy also conserved, just like momentum is conserved? The answer is: sometimes. ...

I don't think anyone really enjoys filling up the gas tank. It feels like you are just standing around when ...

So what if, instead of launching atop a chemical rocket, your object could just ride up on a cable that ...

I like to analyze the physics of science fiction, and so I'm going to argue that the Merrie Melodies cartoon ...

Sometimes the universe is just too complicated to analyze.Heck, if you take a tennis ball and toss it across the ...

Think of this plot in terms of area. The area on the graph covered by the blue data (to hit ...

The time it takes for Drake to move in the vertical direction is the exact same time it takes for ...

At this instant, MJ's acceleration is pointed upward, since that's towards the center of the circle. In order for the ...

(Often, physicists like to be cool. Most of the time, we use the Greek letter ν (it's not v) for ...

With a push in the opposite direction, the angular momentum decreases. This means that the overall rotation rate gets smaller. ...