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From: phys-l-bounces@mail.phys-l.org
[mailto:phys-l-bounces@mail.phys-l.org] On Behalf Of Bernard Cleyet
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:42 PM
To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org
Cc: Nancy Seese
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] Physics, Errors and Differenet Teaching Styles
On 2012, Jun 27, , at 09:59, John Denker wrote:
On 06/27/2012 07:18 AM, chuck britton wrote:plate or two
A barge loaded with a stack of steel plates is approaching a low
bridge.
Would their clearance be helped or hindered by tossing a
overboard?
(It's a river/canal, not a closed swimming pool/lake.)
explain your reasoning.
Bravo! I love it.
This reminds me of the "hayseed" watching and laughing at the
driver and emergency vehicle people trying to unstick a truck
caught under an overpass.
Angrily, they asked how (s)he'd do it. What easy solution
did he suggest?
bc posed by mother (ca 1954), born on a farm in Boulder UT.
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