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Help W/physics Homework Plz Posted: 01-31-07 14:49pm
Hi there I was hoping someone could help
me with my physics homeowrk/project. I
built a rude goldberg machine and I need
to write down all the energy
transformations but I am stuck.
What my machine does:
marble rolls down ramp a, then falls onto
ramp b. Rolls down ramp b to a tube
wherer is slides down. It falls into a
cup which is on a see-saw. The other side
of the see-saw comes up and hits a car
which is on a ramp that is elevated up and
the car rolls down the ramp and hits a
shaft which goes through a hole which the
other end of the shaft hits a row of
dominoes. The dominoes fall down and the
last one hit a toothpick attatched to a
mousetrap which engages the trap to
disengage and snap. Now the force of that
pushed up a hammer the rings a bell.
I've figured out that it starts off with
kinetic energy which then turns into
gravity energy when it goes down the tube.
And when the hammer hits the bell thats
sound energy. But i'm not sure what kind
of energy is in the rest of it so if any
one could help that would be great.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 01-31-07 14:56pm
sorry I work in marketing-lol
good luck!!
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blulyneguy
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Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 334 Location: Idaho,
Physics Posted: 01-31-07 15:05pm
I believe its called "flux capacitor
energy". Approximately 1.21 gigawatts or
6 jules. It is derived from the energy in
my brain trying to process what you just
said.
but seriously, I have no idea!
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Fairy Godmother
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I Believe Its Rube Goldberg? Posted: 01-31-07 15:13pm
If you will go to the search engine
"dogpile" and type in rube goldberg, you
will obtain lots of resourses. You may
also type in law of physics. Hope this
helps you! I'm too damned old to try to
remember all of this!
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greekjohn
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Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Toronto, Ontario,
Re: Physics Posted: 01-31-07 17:32pm
Yes and then when we reach approximatley
88 mp/h we will be transported to any
given time we choose
blulyneguy
wrote:
i believe its called "flux
capacitor energy". Approximately 1.21
gigawatts or 6 jules. It is derived from
the energy in my brain trying to process
what you just said.
but seriously, I have no
idea!
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blulyneguy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 334 Location: Idaho,
Re: Physics Posted: 01-31-07 17:43pm
greekjohn
wrote:
yes and then when we reach
approximatley 88 mp/h we will be
transported to any given time we choose
blulyneguy
wrote:
i believe its called "flux
capacitor energy". Approximately 1.21
gigawatts or 6 jules. It is derived
from the energy in my brain trying to
process what you just said.
but seriously, I have no
idea!
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nice to see someone knows what the
f*&! I'm talkin about.
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imaginary
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This Will Certainly Help U. Posted: 02-01-07 06:09am
U may better use this site:
www.Physicsforums.Com
to clear more doubts about most of the
subjects(not only physics)
hope this helped u. :d
