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The problem of understanding the relationship of acceleration to
velocity is not an isolated problem. Economics professors will tell
you that students have a terrible time understanding the difference
Take, for example, the national debt and the budget
deficit. I've interacted with lots of people who think that we
should never have a budget surplus because "government should never
take in more money than it needs" or some similarly confused argument.
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John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm
This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.