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Re: Pushing a car on a level surface



At 18:15 10/25/01 -0400, you wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:46:35 -0500 cliff parker <cparker@CHARTER.NET>
writes:
It has been our experience that it is more difficult to
start pushing a stalled car on a level surface than it is
to keep it rolling once the car has started moving.
Why is this true??

Herb

In a word inertia.
Cliff Parker

Thanks, Cliff.
But are you sure that nothing else is involved??


Herb

This is a highly testable proposition:
lean against the vehicle for ten minutes
and see how far it travels.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> Altus OK
Eureka!