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The_navigator©
 
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Default how a sail works, who can help me explain?

Hey! Leave DP and DT out of it (although you may have them mounted
correctly)
;-)
Cheers MC

Jeff Morris wrote:
Oh No! Another blank post - I'm really losing it!

F=ma ALWAYS applies. I was taught in physics that if you're totally clueless on a
question you can always get partial credit for writing F=ma (or F=dp/dt if you really
need another point)

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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You tell me!

Cheers MC

Gerard Weatherby wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:34:39 +1200, The_navigator© wrote:



But it's not accelerating -or is it?


Technically, that depends on your reference frame. Let's consider the earth
stationary and the rock stationary. Therefore it is not accelerating. Does F=ma
still apply?


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