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On Sep 29, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Stefan Jeglinski wrote:
The really important demo is to show that a moving object
with balanced forces remains in constant motion.
I substantially agree. What are your favorite demos of this, suitable
for a classroom?
The first thing that came to my mind was driving a car horizontally. I press the gas pedal too strongly and the car accelerates; I press it much less strongly and the car slows down.
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