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1. An old-fashioned physics dilemma used to be - if a sailor in the crow's net (a place way up high in the rigging) of a sailing ship that was moving at a constant speed dropped a tool onto the deck of the ship, would it land directly beneath where he dropped it or since the ship was moving, would it land further back? Explain.

1. An old-fashioned physics dilemma used to be - if a sailor in the crow's net (a place way up high in the rigging) of a sailing ship that was moving at a constant speed dropped a tool onto the deck of the ship, would it land directly beneath where he dropped it or since the ship was moving, would it land further back? Explain.

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1. An old-fashioned physics dilemma used to be - if a sailor in the crow's net (a place way up high in the rigging) of a sailing ship that was moving at a constant speed dropped a tool onto the deck of the ship, would it land directly beneath where he dropped it or since the ship was moving, would it land further back? Explain.
Transcribed Image Text:1. An old-fashioned physics dilemma used to be - if a sailor in the crow's net (a place way up high in the rigging) of a sailing ship that was moving at a constant speed dropped a tool onto the deck of the ship, would it land directly beneath where he dropped it or since the ship was moving, would it land further back? Explain.
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