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Re: [Phys-L] Physics, Errors and Differenet Teaching Styles



I'm guessing he had letting some air out of the tires in mind.

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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:
A barge loaded with a stack of steel plates is approaching a low
bridge.

Would their clearance be helped or hindered by tossing a
plate or two
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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