once in a while...
Once in a great while, I "discover" something amazing. This is my energy-drink fuelled gushing to the MasteringPhysics people about a homework question involving tap-taps and spring constants:
This was like the BEST QUESTION EVER!
Not only did the Hatian tap-tap aspect broaden our cultural horizons a little, but I've personally experienced crowded Ukrainian marshrutkas - these must be like Cadillacs compared to these tap-taps.
Also, now I know why my car has a rougher ride when it's packed full of stuff for a road trip! I always suspected something was different, and now I know exactly what was going on!
And a spring constant of nearly 30,000N/m?!?! Holy **** that is some kinda restorative force if you could compress that one like the spring in your ball-point pen!
And the chickens and bananas and the goats - so sublime! Like the famous St. Ives riddle, but with physics! LOVED this question.
OK, I have had an energy drink, which is why I might be slightly over-enthused, but this was a pretty sweet question.
I would link to the question set, but you kinda have to be a member of the class to get at them. Anyway, now I know maybe not to load up my car so much next road trip, or maybe take it super easy on the bumps!
This was like the BEST QUESTION EVER!
Not only did the Hatian tap-tap aspect broaden our cultural horizons a little, but I've personally experienced crowded Ukrainian marshrutkas - these must be like Cadillacs compared to these tap-taps.
Also, now I know why my car has a rougher ride when it's packed full of stuff for a road trip! I always suspected something was different, and now I know exactly what was going on!
And a spring constant of nearly 30,000N/m?!?! Holy **** that is some kinda restorative force if you could compress that one like the spring in your ball-point pen!
And the chickens and bananas and the goats - so sublime! Like the famous St. Ives riddle, but with physics! LOVED this question.
OK, I have had an energy drink, which is why I might be slightly over-enthused, but this was a pretty sweet question.
I would link to the question set, but you kinda have to be a member of the class to get at them. Anyway, now I know maybe not to load up my car so much next road trip, or maybe take it super easy on the bumps!