Homework Statement
A hang gilder runs off a cliff, with a speed of 3 m/s. What is its overall velocity after 5 seconds?
Some constants like gravity are rounded because this is an MCAT problem.
Homework Equations
v=v(initial) + at
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
The Attempt at a Solution...
Oh sorry I should have explained..
The only thing I can really think of is that it that the magnet might be trying to set up a magnetic field inside of the pole. It also could be that the pole has a much smaller area for the magnet to go through so it is experiencing the effects of its own...
My teacher had a long metal pole (I believe it was aluminum) and said that it was NOT magnetized. He put a magnet up to the side of the pole and it did not stick, and he dropped a marker through the top of the pole and the marker came out the bottom at a normal rate. However, when he took a...