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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-10 06:07 PM
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1. if the height is the same
the energy level is the same to attain it, just a matter of time/exertion
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  -Which inclines take more energy to climb? Slow and gradual or quick and vertical? Taverner  Dec-02-10 06:06 PM   #0 
  - if the height is the same  WannaJumpMyScooter   Dec-02-10 06:07 PM   #1 
  - +1 n/t  donco6   Dec-02-10 06:07 PM   #3 
  - if the height is the same  WannaJumpMyScooter   Dec-02-10 06:07 PM   #2 
  - Not quite true  Spike89   Dec-02-10 06:12 PM   #8 
     - The energy required to initiate forward motion is cancelled by the energy to stop it  slackmaster   Dec-02-10 06:20 PM   #12 
  - Climbing how?  muriel_volestrangler   Dec-02-10 06:08 PM   #4 
  - Glad someone else thought of that.  Township75   Dec-02-10 06:17 PM   #10 
     - I'm back - and my question, I guess, is as a GENERAL principle...  Taverner   Dec-02-10 06:23 PM   #13 
        - OK looking back at this I understand this was a bad answer  Taverner   Dec-02-10 06:31 PM   #15 
           - engines don't climb, vehicles do  muriel_volestrangler   Dec-02-10 07:44 PM   #18 
  - How much time do you have to climb?  derby378   Dec-02-10 06:09 PM   #5 
  - Drive a loaded truck on I-40 between Kingman AZ and Barstow CA  ibegurpard   Dec-02-10 06:09 PM   #6 
  - Have you ever done that before?  Taverner   Dec-02-10 06:27 PM   #14 
  - I'd Rather Do Slow and Gradual  NashVegas   Dec-02-10 06:10 PM   #7 
  - I'd say slow and gradual, and they don't equal out  petronius   Dec-02-10 06:14 PM   #9 
  - If you ignore friction, the only thing that matters is the difference in height  slackmaster   Dec-02-10 06:19 PM   #11 
  - Is that not what I said, uhm, twice?  WannaJumpMyScooter   Dec-02-10 09:10 PM   #19 
  - someone who remembers their physics please figure it out.  northoftheborder   Dec-02-10 07:01 PM   #16 
  - The change in potential energy is the same. All the rest has to do with experimental setup. nt  bemildred   Dec-02-10 07:42 PM   #17 
 

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