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Re: [Phys-l] ball floating in elevator



Obviously the ball goes up with the elevator.

Bob at PC
( mg = rho g V, g increases on both sides of the equation, so V doesn't change?)

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Lapinski
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:38 AM
To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu; tap-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Subject: [Phys-l] ball floating in elevator

A ball is floating in a beaker of water in an elevator. What happens to
the ball when the elevator accelerates upward? Good question for your
"bright" students!

Think about this before checking out the video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXuYWCWIaJI

I guess you could demonstrate an elevator accelerating downward -- free
fall -- by dropping a (plastic) beaker above a garbage pail to see what
the ball does while falling. Might be hard to observe this fast motion, so
a video camera would be useful.

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