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Another (mostly) calculus question
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RE: Another (mostly) calculus question
(April 26, 2019 at 5:37 pm)Fireball Wrote:
(April 26, 2019 at 2:25 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Practically yes.


But - if picking nits --

Earth' s gravitational attraction is stronger at the " bottom" ( in relation to the earth) than it is at the top - so the center of mass will be below the centerpoint of the rod...

Tongue

That difference is orders of magnitude smaller than the error in the measurement of the length of the rod. Hmph

I've been told the length of the rod doesn't matter.
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Another (mostly) calculus question - by FlatAssembler - April 26, 2019 at 12:57 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by Fireball - April 26, 2019 at 2:13 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by onlinebiker - April 26, 2019 at 2:25 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by Fireball - April 26, 2019 at 5:37 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by Cod - April 26, 2019 at 5:41 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by Fireball - April 26, 2019 at 7:54 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by onlinebiker - April 26, 2019 at 10:30 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by Fireball - April 26, 2019 at 10:49 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by brewer - April 26, 2019 at 4:18 pm
RE: Another (mostly) calculus question - by Smaug - May 7, 2019 at 3:41 am

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