On 09-15-08, JIM HOLSONBACK said to TIM RICHARDSON:


-=> On 09-05-08 05:41 TIM RICHARDSON wrote to JIM HOLSONBACK <=-



RS>> First, we drove about 60 miles, between 65 and 70 mph.


RS>> We refilled the gas tank, and drove the same distance, at
RS>> 55 mph.


RS>> It was at 55 we saved all the gas.


bk>    F=MV^2


Klahn claims I accepted his formula without question.


But.........


RS>I'm afraid I'm really lousy at math, what does this mean?


TR> F (Force) = M (Mass) times V (Velocity)squared!


JH>Not only does BK have the formula wrong, it is not applicable to the
JH>energy required to keep a vehicle is traveling at constant speed.  See
JH>my post to Frank in this packet.


JH>Reminder: the correct version of Klahn's formula is
JH>Work = F x s = 1/2 mv^2 = kinetic energy


This...


TR> I realize that. The formula above is for a body moving at a constant
TR> velocity, isn't it?


doesn't appear to me to be `accepted without question'. It looks more like I'm
asking you if Klahn's formula is *for a body moving at a constant velocity,
isn't it?*


Or are we talking a foreign language, here?

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