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  1. Name: Force of Gravity and Gravitational Potential Energy Functions from Zero to Infinity (but not beyond) Category: Circular Motion & Gravity Date Added: 2018-03-11 Submitter: Flipping Physics Calculus is used to determine the force of gravity and the gravitational potential energy between an object and a planet, inside and outside the planet. Equations and graphs are determined and discussed. Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic. Content Times: 0:01 Basic universal gravitation equations 1:07 Outside the planet 1:42 Assumptions for inside the planet 3:38 Deriving mass inside r 4:23 Determining the equation for force of gravity inside the planet 5:24 Graphing the force of gravity inside the planet 5:59 Determining the equation for universal gravitational potential energy inside the planet 7:37 Solving for the constant C 8:49 The equation for universal gravitational potential energy inside the planet 9:41 Looking over the graphs Multilingual? Please help translate Flipping Physics videos! Previous Video: Impulse for Two Objects being Attracted to One Another Please support me on Patreon! Thank you to Sawdog, Christopher Becke, and Scott Carter for being my Quality Control Team for this video. Thank you to Youssef Nasr for transcribing the English subtitles of this video. Force of Gravity and Gravitational Potential Energy Functions from Zero to Infinity (but not beyond)
  2. Name: Centripetal Acceleration Introduction Category: Rotational Motion Date Added: 2017-08-28 Submitter: Flipping Physics Why is there a “center seeking” centripetal acceleration? A step-by-step walk through of the answer to this question. Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic. Content Times: 0:09 Which mint has the largest angular velocity? 1:14 What do we know about the angular and tangential accelerations of the mints? 2:21 What do we know about the tangential velocity of mint #3? 3:39 Centripetal acceleration introduction 4:44 The centripetal acceleration equations 5:35 The units for centripetal acceleration Next Video: Introductory Centripetal Acceleration Problem - Cylindrical Space Station Multilingual? Please help translate Flipping Physics videos! Previous Video: Demonstrating the Directions of Tangential Velocity and Acceleration Please support me on Patreon! Thank you to Christopher Becke and Aarti Sangwan for being my Quality Control Team for this video. Centripetal Acceleration Introduction
  3. Name: Introductory Tangential Velocity Problem - Mints on a Turntable Category: Rotational Motion Date Added: 2017-08-08 Submitter: Flipping Physics Three mints are sitting 3.0 cm, 8.0 cm, and 13.0 cm from the center of a record player that is spinning at 45 revolutions per minute. What are the tangential velocities of each mint? Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic. Content Times: 0:08 Translating the problem 1:11 Solving the problem 2:12 Visualizing the tangential velocities 2:42 The direction of tangential velocity Multilingual? Please help translate Flipping Physics videos! Next Video: Tangential Acceleration Introduction with Example Problem - Mints on a Turntable Previous Video: Human Tangential Velocity Demonstration Please support me on Patreon! Thank you to Christopher Becke and Natasha Trousdale for being my Quality Control Team for this video. Introductory Tangential Velocity Problem - Mints on a Turntable
  4. Name: Human Tangential Velocity Demonstration Category: Rotational Motion Date Added: 2017-07-30 Submitter: Flipping Physics Humans are best for demonstrating Tangential Velocity and understanding that it is not the same as angular velocity. Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic. Content Times: 0:10 Beginning the demonstration 1:19 Adding the last human 1:50 What was different for each human? 2:44 Visualizing tangential velocity using an aerial view Multilingual? Please help translate Flipping Physics videos! Next Video: Introductory Tangential Velocity Problem - Mints on a Turntable Previous Video: Introductory Uniformly Angularly Accelerated Motion Problem - A CD Player Please support me on Patreon! Thank you to Christopher Becke and Natasha Trousdale for being my Quality Control Team for this video. Human Tangential Velocity Demonstration
  5. Name: Relative Motion Problem: Solving for the angle of the moving object Category: Kinematics Date Added: 07 October 2014 - 03:02 PM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided It is not obvious in all relative motion problems how to draw the vector diagrams. Sometimes the velocity of the object with respect to the Earth is not the hypotenuse of the velocity vector addition triangle. Here we address how to handle a problem like that. Content Times: 0:15 Reading the problem 0:40 Translating the problem 1:52 Visualizing the problem 2:17 Drawing the vector diagram 3:33 Rearranging the vector equation 4:40 Redrawing the vector diagram 5:30 The Earth subscript drops out of the equation 5:51 Solving part (a): solving for theta 6:40 Solving part (b ): solving for the speed of the car relative to the Earth 7:48 Understanding the answer to part (b ) Want View Video
  6. Name: A Range Equation Problem with Two Parts Category: Kinematics Date Added: 19 June 2014 - 01:20 PM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided Mr.p throws a ball toward a bucket that is 581 cm away from him horizontally. He throws the ball at an initial angle of 55° above the horizontal and the ball is 34 cm short of the bucket. If mr.p throws the ball with the same initial speed and the ball is always released at the same height as the top of the bucket, at what angle does he need to throw the ball so it will land in the bucket? Content Times: 0:14 Reading the problem 1:01 Why we can use the Range Equation 2:15 Listing what we know for the first attempt 3:06 Solving for the initial speed 4:26 Solving for the initial angle 5:45 Putting the ball in the bucket 6:15 There are actually two correct answers 6:44 Getting the ball into the basket Want View Video
  7. Name: Deriving the Range Equation of Projectile Motion Category: Kinematics Date Added: 16 June 2014 - 02:16 PM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided Learn how to derive the Range of Projectile. The Horizontal Range of a Projectile is defined as the horizontal displacement of a projectile when the displacement of the projectile in the y-direction is zero. Content Times: 0:12 Defining Range 0:32 Resolving the initial velocity in to it's components 1:49 Listing our known values 2:49 Solving for range in terms of change in time 3:30 Solving for the change in time in the y-direciton 5:18 Combining two equations 6:03 The Sine Double Angle Formula 6:53 The Review Want View Video
  8. Name: Understanding the Range Equation of Projectile Motion Category: Kinematics Date Added: 10 June 2014 - 02:03 PM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided The Horizontal Range of a Projectile is defined as the horizontal displacement of a projectile when the displacement of the projectile in the y-direction is zero. This video explains how to use the equation, why a launch angle of 45° gives the maximum range and why complimentary angles give the same range. Content Times: 0:16 Defining Range 0:50 How can the displacement in the y-direction be zero? 1:21 The variables in the equation 2:09 g is Positive! 3:05 How to get the maximum range 4:17 What dimensions to use in the equation 5:19 The shape of the sin(θ) graph 6:17 sin(2·30°) = sin(2·60°) 7:35 A graph of the Range of various Launch Angles 8:18 The Review Want View Video

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