Recent content by adr147

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    Undergrad Can a pool ball come off a cushion faster than it hits it?

    I see, now is that a theoretical possibility or does it actual happen in practice?
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    Undergrad Can a pool ball come off a cushion faster than it hits it?

    Where does the extra energy come from?
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    Undergrad Can a pool ball come off a cushion faster than it hits it?

    Physics question help required. Can a pool ball come off a cushion faster than it hits it? - something in my distant memory tells me this breaks one of Newtons laws or something like that.
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    now you see months later and still no-body has proved to me in scientific terms which is better, where else can i find this information if not on a physics forum!:smile: (hint - i know as a player the answer is smaller, what i don't know is why, and by the way some of the top players in the...
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    this is the point of the question! - i was hoping that someone on here would be able to give me a solid answer and all i have now are more questions!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    maybe, although many people on here much brighter than me say it makes no difference!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    a larger tip is in contact for less time - a bigger tip has more of a slapping effect.
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    120 an hour would be hard for me! - its a bad habit we all have of doing several things at once!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    actually is not a quote is my own work - during a physics class aged 15 ! i think i had about 20 of them in the end!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    type quicker! :-p
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    yes but imagine this, i have lost count of the number of forums i am signed up to! - my e-mail inbox gets e-mails 24 hours a day at about 20/30 per hour of which only half are related to work!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    andrew's law of motion: the speed at which you can run is directly proportional to the size of your pursuer!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    ok now we really are getting technical! - 100 posts a way off here!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    hey dallas - we hijacking a physics forum now, these guys don't deserve that! - of course a bumble bee can fly, just not fast enough to stop you kicking them!
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    High School Solve Pool/Snooker Dispute: Smaller or Larger Tip?

    beer is a wonderful thing - really brings out the physics!