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DCS#
1M40.10 |
BOWLING BALL
PENDULUM
-
APPARATUS
| bowling ball pendulum |
202-14-F |
tall
ringstand with backstop
|
201A
|
DESCRIPTION
- Demonstrate your confidence in
energy conservation
by standing with your head against the backstop, releasing the bowling
ball
from just in front of your nose (with no initial velocity), and
allowing
it to swing out and back.
Standing with the
back of your head
against the backstop makes it easier to keep your head in one place.
- NOTES
Hang the pendulum from the unistrut support in the ceiling of W201 with
inelastic cord. Cord length is about 9 ft.