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lluke9
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Hey people!
So, what would happen? (This is not a school question, I was just wondering!)
Say, a spring is between a totally unmoving wall and a 1 kg object. The spring pushes on the object with 1 Newton of force. The block accelerates at 1 m/s^2.
But... what if the wall WASN'T unmoving... what it it were ANOTHER object with a mass of 2 kg?
Would the spring somehow split the force 2/3 to 1/3? Or split the force evenly among the two blocks, making one accelerate at .5 m/s^2 and the other at .25 m/s^2?
What will it do!?
Can someone explain what would happen and why? I think I can imagine what would happen, but I'm not sure why.
Thanks and hi!
So, what would happen? (This is not a school question, I was just wondering!)
Say, a spring is between a totally unmoving wall and a 1 kg object. The spring pushes on the object with 1 Newton of force. The block accelerates at 1 m/s^2.
But... what if the wall WASN'T unmoving... what it it were ANOTHER object with a mass of 2 kg?
Would the spring somehow split the force 2/3 to 1/3? Or split the force evenly among the two blocks, making one accelerate at .5 m/s^2 and the other at .25 m/s^2?
What will it do!?
Can someone explain what would happen and why? I think I can imagine what would happen, but I'm not sure why.
Thanks and hi!