Cool Physics Experiment
Posted: June 6th, 2007, 2:50 pmCool experiment where a ball is fired at 60mph from a vehicle moving in the opposite direction at 60mph. We all know what should happen, but it's nice to see it actually happen.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgKxsX5XZNc[/youtube]
Pretty basic physics. Vector Quantities.
The truck is moving in a positive direction (100km/hr) and the ball is fired in a negative direction (-100km/hr)
If you add the two, you'll get zero. In a perfect world, where there is no slope, wind, and the ball and truck were moving at a perfect 100km/hr, the ball would bounce there, not moving anywhere.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgKxsX5XZNc[/youtube]
Pretty basic physics. Vector Quantities.
The truck is moving in a positive direction (100km/hr) and the ball is fired in a negative direction (-100km/hr)
If you add the two, you'll get zero. In a perfect world, where there is no slope, wind, and the ball and truck were moving at a perfect 100km/hr, the ball would bounce there, not moving anywhere.