Hinged stick and ball

  • Principle Illustrated: Center of Mass Motion, Inertia
  • A steel ball is placed on a golf tee at the end of a hinged board that is propped up by a stick.  When the stick is quickly removed, the board falls, making the cup move through just enough of an arc for the ball to fall into the cup.

  • Software Adjunct: Interactive Physics-02

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    This demo can be found in cabinet B on shelf 1 of the UCSD PUL Demo Room (WLH 2015).

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