Re: freshman physics

Article View: sci.misc

Article #340

#340

From: coleman
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1986 02:54

13 lines
1246 bytes

> >>	Take 2 identical cars and place them nose to nose.  Rig the 
> >>	accelerators of both so that you can give equal acceleration
> >>	to each.

 Last I heard acceleration is a vector therefore they would both move in the
same direction. 
But then isn't this whole argument becoming directionless!
                                                   
-- 
Geoff Coleman                         | BITNET: Coleman@sask
College of Engineering                | UUCP: {utcsri,ihnp4}!sask!skul!geoff
University of Saskatchewan            | Compserve: 76515,1513  just a number 
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan               | voice: (306) 966-5415

Technical Details

Message-ID: <565@sask.UUCP>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!alberta!sask!coleman

References: <4087@columbia.UUCP> <198@omssw1.UUCP>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!alberta!sask!coleman
From: coleman@sask.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: freshman physics
Message-ID: <565@sask.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Dec-86 21:54:39 EST
Article-I.D.: sask.565
Posted: Mon Dec 29 21:54:39 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 19-Jan-87 01:45:22 EST
References: <4087@columbia.UUCP> <198@omssw1.UUCP>
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Lines: 13
Summary: But isn't acceleration a vector! Therefore to have equal acceleration they would both end up moving in the same direction.

Reply to Parent Message