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Paradoxical Force

 

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  • Spring Scale is connected to two hanging weights. Many students
    predict that the value of the scale reading will be the sum of the two weights, not simply the value of one- hence the name “paradoxical”, I guess.
  • Located in L02, section B4. Scales and weights in section
    A1.

 

Posted in Mechanics, Newton's Third LawTagged force, paradoxical, scale, spring, weights

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