AP Physics C: Mechanics

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Δ𝛳 (Change in Angular Position)
ΣF=ma_c (sum of forces equals mass times centripetal acceleration)
ѡ (Angular Velocity)

A

Acceleration
Acceleration (a)
Acceleration due to gravity (-g)
Acceleration due to Gravity (g)
Acceleration Formula (a = (v - v0)/t)
Acceleration of the COM
Acceleration vs. Time graph
Acceleration-time graph
Action and reaction
Air Resistance
Air Resistance Force
Amplitude (A)
Angular Acceleration
Angular Frequency
Angular frequency (ω)
Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
Angular velocity
Angular Velocity (Ω)
Atwood Machine
Average velocity

B

Ballistic Pendulum
Banked Curve

C

Calculus
Calculus definition
Celestial Mechanics
Center of Gravity
Center of Mass
Center of Mass Velocity
Centrifugal Force
Centripetal Acceleration
Centripetal Force
Changes
Chemical Energy
Circular motion
Circular Orbit
Closed System
Coefficient of friction
Coefficient of Kinetic Friction
Coefficient of Static Friction
Conservation
Conservation Laws
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Conservation of Energy
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Conservation of Linear Momentum and Collisions
Conservation of mechanical energy
Conservative Force
Counterclockwise Torques
Critical Speed/Velocity

D

Damping
Derivative of the Position Function
Differential equation for SHM
Disks Colliding
Displacement
Displacement (d)
Displacement-time graph
Distance

E

Earth's gravity
Efficiency
Elastic Collision
Elastic Collisions
Elastic Force
Elastic Potential Energy
Electrostatic Force
Elliptical orbit
Energy Conservation
Equations of Motion
Equations of motion (x(t) = x0 + v0t + 1/2at^2)
Equilibrium
Escape Velocity
External Torque

F

F=ma
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