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To: PapaBear3625
In a collision between a small car and a big vehicle, the small car loses. It’s simple physics. When an object collides with a much more massive object, the smaller object bounces.

The principle is called the conservation of energy. When the kinetic energy of the heavier object is translated to the lighter (smaller) object it accelerates to a high velocity.

38 posted on 07/11/2017 1:23:09 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Last Dakotan

“The principle is called the conservation of energy. When the kinetic energy of the heavier object is translated to the lighter (smaller) object it accelerates to a high velocity.”

Being an old guy, I played marbles at recess in grade school. There was a reason your “shooter” was at least twice the size of the marbles you were trying to knock out of the ring. ;)


97 posted on 07/11/2017 3:30:17 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Last Dakotan

“The principle is called the conservation of energy. When the kinetic energy of the heavier object is translated to the lighter (smaller) object it accelerates to a high velocity.”

Being an old guy, I played marbles at recess in grade school. There was a reason your “shooter” was at least twice the size of the marbles you were trying to knock out of the ring. ;)


98 posted on 07/11/2017 3:30:57 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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