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Two carts are connected together on an air track with a spring. Under bright lights you can see the coupled oscillation of the carts back and forth, but under black lights you can see that the center of mass moves at a constant velocity.
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thats not constant, ha. Cool Concept though.
Posted 9 months by Anonymous
Ahhhh but I think it is constant. It’s hard to tell but I think it is an optical illusion that makes it seem like it speeds up and slows down slightly. But I put my fingers up to block the carts and only see the light. It looked constant then. I don’t think it would be on here if it wasn’t do you?
Posted 6 months by PhysicalGravity