query: Is there an underlying reason why some forces are inversely proportional to the square of the distance?
positive_passages.docid: 45932
positive_passages.text: Does Coulomb's Law, with Gauss's Law, imply the existence of only three spatial dimensions?
negative_passages.docid: 62189
negative_passages.text: Equal and opposite reaction - forces coming in pairs - or just common sense?
negative_passages.docid: 141447
negative_passages.text: Inverse Square Law and extra space dimensions
negative_passages.docid: 113516
negative_passages.text: Why can we only add or subtract things of the same dimension (meters/second, newtons, etc)?
negative_passages.docid: 19699
negative_passages.text: Why are so many forces explainable using inverse squares when space is three dimensional?
negative_passages.docid: 59274
negative_passages.text: Why do cost functions use the square error?
negative_passages.docid: 13068
negative_passages.text: Understanding Normal Force Change
negative_passages.docid: 149326
negative_passages.text: Why are there two tensions on my free body diagram?
negative_passages.docid: 137812
negative_passages.text: Why does magnetic force vary in proportion to the cube of the distance instead of the square?
negative_passages.docid: 88488
negative_passages.text: The relationship between angular and linear momentum
negative_passages.docid: 128640
negative_passages.text: Euclidean distance vs Squared
negative_passages.docid: 82166
negative_passages.text: How are constraint forces represented in Lagrangian mechanics?
negative_passages.docid: 88363
negative_passages.text: Why is propagation of uncertainties quadratic rather than linear?
negative_passages.docid: 145113
negative_passages.text: How can kinetic energy be proportional to the square of velocity, when velocity is relative?
negative_passages.docid: 40740
negative_passages.text: Why force $F$ is $ma$ but not $md$ or $mv$? How can I observe and understand "force" in real life?
negative_passages.docid: 38745
negative_passages.text: Using Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation to find distance, with the question not giving sufficient information to substitute into the equation.
negative_passages.docid: 104754
negative_passages.text: Parallelogram Law of Force Addition