Originally Posted by
harvey_s
Think of the two of us wandering round an orchard picking apples...
After I've put 1 apple in my bag, I slosh you round the noggin with my bag - you laugh and belt me back...
A little while later I've got 20 apples in my bag, I slosh you playfully round the noggin again...but I haven't just belted you with the energy of the last apple I put in - all the others came along for the ride & I call an ambulance.
The apples here are the rate of change in velocity.
So the more mass you have in the bag the harder it hits.......what has this to do with the non linear relationship between velocity and energy??
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