Mon Jan 05, 2015, 10:10pm
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Courageous When Prudent
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
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Originally Posted by crosscountry55
To be more specific, in this case, F=mg, where "g" is approximately 9.8ms^2, the gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the earth. But of course it's not a vacuum because there is friction from the air on the way down. Not that the poor girl will give said friction much credit when the rim hits her on the head.
I once majored in physics before I took up basketball officiating.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
And I doubt the friction would amount to anything interesting from the velocity the rim might achieve from a height of 10'. From a 100 feet, maybe, but still not too much.
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I'm proud I even understand what you 2 are talking about. 2 years ago I would not have b/c I forgot almost all my science from high school (I graduated in 1982). But in August 2013 I started at attending college on the GI Bill have re-learned all the basics.
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