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So I conducted an experiment. I cut out 8 circles from a transparent sheet. I took the ball to be moving with uniform velocity in a straight line across the diameter, and the girl to move half the circumference in the same time with uniform angular velocity. I took 8 different position of the...

Also, another thing I'm confused about is the speed of the air packets. Does it ever change? In the video, it says that it doesn't, and of course, the coriolis force is fictitious, and therefore cannot change the speed of the air packets. The north/south moving packets' deflection towards east...

First, RaulTheUCSCSlug and jbrigs444, thanks for answering. About the first question, again, I understood why the eastward defection takes place. What I didnt understand was why the eastward moving air, should suddenly move downward. Jbriggs44, you say that the eastward moving air experiences a...

Homework Statement I was trying to learn about this force, and came across a youtube video: . At 4.00 in the video, he says, "if the parcel of air continues to get deflected..." Why would it continue to get deflected? At 4.40 in the video, a girl rolls a ball while moving on a merry go round...