Re: Work-energy worries

["John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>]

John Mallinckrodt wrote:
> ... After all, who
> among us--other than, perhaps, myself (and I'm not so sure about
> that)--is flexible enough to accommodate the notion that the boater
> does work on herself.

The boater does work on the boater.  In more detail,
various parts of the boater do work on the other parts.
This hardly seems like a feat of flexibility;  it seems
like the only reasonable way to approach the issue.  This
is the Nth reincarnation of the "skater" question.
  http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/physics/car-go.htm#sec-skater

> If the boater doesn't do work on herself, where *does* the boater's KE
> "come from"?
  http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/physics/car-go.htm

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Babieca, or Marengo.

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