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If a boy is stationary on a skateboard and jumps off forwards, why does the skateboard move backwards?

Momentum before the collision or separation must equal the momentum afterwards, this is called the conservation of momentum. The situation before had the skateboarder on the skateboard, both stationary. A...

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How am I going to remember all of the particles I need to know? (A-level Physics)

(This is accompanied with a whiteboard drawn diagram)."Well, the way I solved this problem when I was doing my A-levels was to make a spider diagram. For instance, the particle zoo (the name given to...

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What is the minimum initial velocity necessary for an object to leave Earth?

The problem can be easily solved using energy formulas. The only force that acts on the departing object is the gravitational force, which is conservative. Therefore the total energy is conserved on the t...

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A charged particle in a cyclotron moves in a circle with radius 5mm. If the field in the cyclotron is 0.06 T and the velocity of the particle is 2.4x10^7, what is the charge-mass ratio of the particle?

Firstly, we should equate the centripetal force to the force on a moving charge using equations from our formula booklet: (force on a moving charge): F = Bqv(centripetal ...

Answered by Preshayla V. Physics tutor
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Compare and contrast geostationary and low polar orbits.

Geostationary orbits are only possible at one distance from Earth. This is because the very nature of the geostationary orbit requires the satellite to have the same time period as the rotational period o...

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