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Michal Fishkin
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Harvard University has an interesting article on a rod whose end that falls faster than gravity around a pivot.
http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/falling-faster-g
How did they derive this formula?
Where R is length of rod/2, or the centre of mass.
Why did they use cos instead of sin?
Also, in this formula
Why did they use Lcos instead of L/2 cos?
http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/falling-faster-g
How did they derive this formula?
Why did they use cos instead of sin?
Also, in this formula
Why did they use Lcos instead of L/2 cos?