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Originally Posted by bmw06m6
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Originally Posted by ae86_16v
Again, I just pointed out Newton's 3rd Law.
Or since you "always understood this stuff", please explain Newton's 3rd Law and how it does not apply.
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Because unless you apply a force to say object A unto B how is B or A going to move faster, here is an example. You know those ball pendulums...
When you pull ball A back and it hits Ball B, C, D, E and finally F which ends up flying back up in the air in the opposite direction. The force asserted on ball B from A ball B reacts by hitting ball C not without reacting back to ball A which causes it to stop. See simple, picture moving these in you're head and you'll understand. Better yet go buy one of these and study it. |
http://www.school-for-champions.com/...ons_cradle.htm
By the way, this is The Law of Conservation of Momentum, not gravity.