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Old 20th June 2006 | 13:39
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Fake Sealion
 
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Talking A little less high theory but........


Always been fascinated by the fly hitting the car windscreen "puzzle"

Fly going along at 5 mph - car in opposite direction at 40mph.As the fly strikes the car windscreen it must decelerate from 5 to zero and then to 40 in opposite direction...yes? So when plotting it's speed from 5 in one direction to 40 in the other...a some point it must be zero - or stationary? But the car is moving constantly.
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