The other day when i was taking a shower i noticed that when i dropped the soap that the instant it hit the ground it picked up speed but by the time it the other side of the shower it was moving at a slower speed. The cause of this is friction, even though the soap is slippery it is not that slippery. It is still affected by friction this occurs when the surface an object is moving on slows down the moving object. This was good for me i guess because if there was no friction then the soap could slide around forever.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Friction and speed
The other day when i was taking a shower i noticed that when i dropped the soap that the instant it hit the ground it picked up speed but by the time it the other side of the shower it was moving at a slower speed. The cause of this is friction, even though the soap is slippery it is not that slippery. It is still affected by friction this occurs when the surface an object is moving on slows down the moving object. This was good for me i guess because if there was no friction then the soap could slide around forever.
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AHAHA!
I picture the soap sliding 'round forever on the shower floor.
That would suck for all of us!
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