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To: kabar
F=MxA.

Exactly. Same as a shopping cart rolling down a parking lot slope and hitting a car. Solve for F.

26 posted on 02/15/2014 9:25:34 AM PST by thecodont
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To: thecodont

But it’s not just M x A, because this is an example of a “runaway process” - as the snowball travels, its mass increases, making it larger (more area) and picking up even more snow. As the action continues, it reinforces itself to destructive levels.


28 posted on 02/15/2014 9:42:16 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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