Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Physics (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=258)
-   -   Force required to move on ice (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=299741)

  • Jan 6, 2009, 01:19 AM
    ani66
    Force required to move on ice
    How can a person stranded on a perfectly smooth block of ice get to the corner?
  • Jan 6, 2009, 01:54 AM
    colbtech

    I presume you would require an external influence? Wind.
  • Jan 6, 2009, 12:27 PM
    ebaines

    Take off your jacket and throw it away - conservation of momentum says that you will slie in the direction opposite to the direction you throw the jacket.

  • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:03 AM.