Re: momentum conservation(2)

[Robert A Cohen <bbq@ESU.EDU>]

Perhaps it is better to say that the center of mass of each object may
travel a different distance through space?  After all, wouldn't the
contact point travel the same distance for both objects?

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| Robert Cohen               Department of Physics       |
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Bob Sciamanda wrote:

> Hi John,
> The crux is not a difference in time;  both forces operate for the same
> time duration.  But during that common "force-operating time interval"
> each particle may travel a different distance through space (than the
> other particle).
> [snip]