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Re: [Phys-l] October Physics Challenge

I wrote:

The suggested research project is to determine if there is any situation in which a slipping block will stop, BUT case 1 is not allowed so that case 2 ensues.

I should have written, "determine if there is any situation in which a slipping block will stop, BUT case 1 is not allowed so that the OTHER block begins slipping." This may actually be pretty easy to answer analytically, but I haven't yet bothered to try.

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona