The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 19 days agoYou have to pick onelemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoThey have the same momentum (the marble will kill you)
minus-squareGreatRam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days ago(The bowlingball will also kill you)
minus-squareJayDee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoA bowling ball imparted with the momentum from a slingshot won’t even have the energy to stay air-borne. The marble imparted with the momentum from a slingshot will fracture or even penetrate your skull. Momentum is m*v. However, kinetic energy is (1/2)m*v^2, where the velocity is providing exponentially more to the equation.
minus-squareudon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoWhat happens if you shoot them against each other with the same momentum?
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-218 days agoThey shatter. And everyone in the vicinity dies by shrapnel.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoOr bounce off of each other, or only one shatters
They have the same momentum (the marble will kill you)
(The bowlingball will also kill you)
A bowling ball imparted with the momentum from a slingshot won’t even have the energy to stay air-borne.
The marble imparted with the momentum from a slingshot will fracture or even penetrate your skull.
Momentum is m*v. However, kinetic energy is (1/2)m*v^2, where the velocity is providing exponentially more to the equation.
What happens if you shoot them against each other with the same momentum?
They shatter. And everyone in the vicinity dies by shrapnel.
Or bounce off of each other, or only one shatters