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The post on the Tiki bar has gotten me thinking. There are so many ways to view something (i.e. which direction you measure an angle, is the glass half full or half empty, is that an uphill run or downhill, etc.) A lot of times the ways of looking at something are the easy way, and the way overengineered way. SO for fun here's the question.
A few years back in a Fundamentals of Materials class the instructor asked us the following question. We debated for about an hour or two with huge answers of coefficent of friction, gravity, yada, yada, yada. When we were done he gave us a very simple answer to counter our very indepth answers. And now for the question (many of you have probably debated this one in school at some time).
According to the laws of physics every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so if a horse is attached to a cart, how does it go anywhere? If the cart expresses x amount of force down and is countered by x amount of force upwards, and the forward force is countered by a rearward force, how can the cart move?
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A few years back in a Fundamentals of Materials class the instructor asked us the following question. We debated for about an hour or two with huge answers of coefficent of friction, gravity, yada, yada, yada. When we were done he gave us a very simple answer to counter our very indepth answers. And now for the question (many of you have probably debated this one in school at some time).
According to the laws of physics every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so if a horse is attached to a cart, how does it go anywhere? If the cart expresses x amount of force down and is countered by x amount of force upwards, and the forward force is countered by a rearward force, how can the cart move?
pbm
74 cj5,304,t18,2.46 ts d20,30f,44r,soa,MORE buggy front,35's,Rci's,5pt,full cage,air,etc.
78 J10,360,727,d20,44f,44r,35's,4" lift,etc.
Support Search and Rescue.......Get Lost!