Salutatio Stephen!
25-Dec-97, Stephen Williamson wrote to Richard Meic
          Subject: IF YOU SAY SO
 RM>> Okay, v = ma (v=velocity, m=mass, a=acceleration) is the velocity
 RM>> equation.
 SW> Umm, I don't think so...  velocity = distance over time (v=d/t),
 SW> methinks. 
     
Oh, my goodness!  Don't _I_ feel like a pooh, now.  It HAS been a long 
time!
 SW> Mass times acceleration gives you an object's weight in
 SW> newtons (N). On Earth, acceleration due to gravity is 9.80
 SW> m/s^2...
 RM>> Give me an equation of momentum.I may be able to understand
 RM>> momentums relation in all this if I had an equation to look at
 RM>> and play with. :D
 SW> momentum = mass times velocity (p=mv)
     
Okay!  I really should give myself a refresher course. 
 SW>> But the whole reason I butted in was because my understanding of
 SW>> momentum was that it relied upon mass.  This was incorrect in the
 SW>> case of light.  Feel free flame my ignorance. :)
 RM>> Feel free to flame mine as well, for did we not BOTH stumble on
 RM>> this?
 SW> Lately I'm feeling like I'm stumbling into everything. ;)  Have
 SW> you ever gotten the impression that somebody is just waiting and
 SW> hoping for you to screw up? 
                                                      
Always, of late. 
 Dicere...
 email address (vrmeic@spots.ab.ca)
Richard Meic
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