GCSE Edexcel Physics Equations

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How do you calculate distance travelled?
Distance travelled = Average speed x Time
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How do you calculate acceleration?
Acceleration = (Final velocity - initial velocity) / Time
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How do you calculate force?
Force = Mass x Acceleration
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How do you calculate weight?
Weight = Mass x Gravitational field strength (10N/Kg)
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How do you calculate energy efficiency?
Engery efficiency = (Useful energy transferred by the device) / (Total energy supplied to the device)
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How do you calculate Momentum?
Momentum = Mass x Velocity
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How do you calculate wave speed? (Including wavelength)
Wave speed = frequency x wavelength
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How do you calculate wave speed? (Including distance)
Wave speed = distance / time
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How do you calculate density?
Density = Mass / Volume
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How do you calculate work done?
Work done = force x distance moved in direction of force
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How do you calculate change in gravitational potential energy?
Change in GPE = Mass x gravitational field strength x change in vertical height.
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How do you calculate Kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy = 1/2 x mass x (Velocity squared)
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How do you calculate power? (Including work done)
Power = work done / time
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How do you calculate energy transferred?
Energy transferred = charge moved x potential difference.
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How do you calculate charge?
Charge = current x time
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How do you calculate Potential difference?
Potential difference = current x resistance
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How do you calculate Power? (Including energy transferred)
Power = Energy transferred / Time
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How do you calculate electrical power? (Including potential difference)
Electrical power = current x potential difference
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How do you calculate electrical power? (Including resistance)
Electrical power = (Current squared) x resistance
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How do you calculate force exerted on a spring?
Force exerted on a spring = spring constant x extension
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How do you calcuate the moment of a force?
Moment = Force x distance
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How do you calculate pressure?
Pressure = Force normal to surface / Area of that surface
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