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Re: how big?

Posted By: whitehelm, on host 68.107.43.205
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 23:26:05
In Reply To: Re: how big? posted by commie_bat on Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at 06:32:37:

> Think of it as a flat ramp instead of a pipe. The ball rolls down the ramp (without slipping). If I ask for the optimal shape of the ramp, does that clear it up?
>
> Think of it as a problem in two dimensions.
>
> ^v^:)^v^
> FB

I think its either a parabolic or hyperbolic curve, not sure which one
-white"trying to remember from the old days"helm

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Re: how big? - commie_bat - Thu, 5/13/2004, 06:53:14
- Re: how big? - gremlinn - Thu, 5/13/2004, 12:10:06
  - Re: how big? - commie_bat - Thu, 5/13/2004, 12:55:00
    - Re: how big? - Howard - Thu, 5/13/2004, 18:27:01

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