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On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 12:11:38 -0500 "Lemmerhirt, Fred"
<FLemmerhirt@WAUBONSEE.EDU> writes:
I am about to assign the this problem:
Why not choose
a more realistic problem that involves the same concepts?
For example, remember the one about the astronaut who
was working outside the space station when her tether line
broke and she had to throw away her $10,000 battery-operated
wrench to get back to the space station.
Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where it is impossible to ignore the water friction on a 125 Kg boat
when
the 5 Kg anchor is thrown overboard.)
This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.