This web site contains a wide range of illustrations of basic physics concepts and problems using Java applet (Physlet) illustrations. The collection includes the standard topics covered in a beginning physics course such as: motion and kinematics, forces and energy, wave motion, and thermodynamics. Each applet has a very brief text presentation on the concept or problem being considered.
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This item is an interactive homework problem within this collection relating to two cars. One car is stopped and will accelerate at a constant rate; the other car is traveling at constant speed. When will one car overtake the other?
This is an interactive simulation within this collection that depicts the relationship between the force and the oscillating mass in a driven oscillator.