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Old 05-12-2008, 06:38 PM
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Please folks this is simple year 11 or 12 physics. The juggler as a time average weighs 47 + 10 kg. Those pins dont hover by themselves.

Remember F delta t and change in momentum.

See here for the theory! It even goes into Relativity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_laws_of_motion


If I was the teacher I would explain it as gravitational potential energy being equivalent to the kinetic energy of the pin depending on how far it was thrown up! The impulse needed F delta t gives you the change in momentum and hence the energy and then you can calculate a time averaged force. As a time average the juggler weighs his 47kg + 10kg of pins.


Bert

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