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A cornerstone of classical mechanics says the harder you push an object the faster it speeds up, while heavier objects resist the change more.
- p = mv
- W = Fd
- KE = ½mv²
- F = ma
To learn how much space a pizza covers, multiply a famous Greek constant by the square of the distance from center to crust.
- A = πr²
- C = 2πr
- V = πr²h
- A = ½bh
In a simple electrical loop, the current through a wire equals the driving push divided by how strongly the wire opposes it.
- V = IR
- P = IV
- Q = It
- C = Q/V
For any right triangle, the squares built on the two shorter sides add up exactly to the square on the side facing the right angle.
- Pythagorean theorem
- Law of cosines
- Law of sines
- Thales's theorem
When factoring fails, this celebrated recipe with a square root and a plus-or-minus cracks any second-degree polynomial.
- Binomial theorem
- Cubic formula
- Law of cosines
- Quadratic formula
The energy a moving object carries grows with its mass but rockets upward with the square of how fast it is traveling.
- PE = mgh
- KE = ½mv²
- p = mv
- W = Fd
Whether an object floats or sinks often comes down to this property: how much mass is packed into each unit of volume.
- v = d/t
- p = mv
- P = F/A
- ρ = m/V
For a trapped sample of gas, the squeeze times the room it fills is proportional to how many molecules there are and how hot they are.
- q = mcΔT
- PV = k
- ΔG = ΔH − TΔS
- PV = nRT
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