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by Dialach on April 9th, 2005

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Negating the impracticality of the scenario, what would happen if an unstoppable force collided with an immovable object?

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  • by saratchandra on June 22nd, 2005

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    The force would reverse it's direction without changing it's magnitude and the immovable object remains as it is.

    Thom64:Okay, I'll compare it with a light ray. When a light ray is incident on a perfectly reflecting surface, it reflects itself without changing it's magnitude(of velocity). It may not be a force, but it is a good example that there are some things in this universe that can change their direction without changing their magnitude. And because it's an unstoppable force, it changes it's direction without getting stopped(i.e., without changing it's magnitude.). And also a force may not have momentum, but it surely has direction.

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    • Conservation of momentum! Good answer!

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on July 5th, 2005

    • Reversal essentially stops the force. btw: Force doesn't have momentum. If it did sudden reversal would violate conservation.

      Thom64

      by Thom64 on August 10th, 2005

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