If I dig straight through I end up in the ocean - somewhere very close to the Antipodes Islands . Thats probably how the Island group got it's name. A recent book on the Antipodes was called "Straight Through From London"
Oddly enough if my family dig straight through from their various homes in the Whangarei Heads region, some of them end up in the sea as well ... in Gibraltar.
I've always said to people I live so far from my old home if I move any further away I start getting closer. It doesn't quite apply according to the longitude and latitude, but it's still pretty true as far as air routes are concerned
@FinneousPJ You are both right and unfair This @CrevsDaak guy is brilliant. Somewhere I read he is still young. Two things : Either he was taught the "simple" linear oscillator equations out of the blue / with no proof. or he is too young and he does not master the math arsenal required to rigorously solve the problem. In this second case I am not refering to the equations provided by the wikipedia link : There is a constant which, in fact, is not a physical constant but an approximate value under the assumption of small oscillations.
@Musigny Why unfair? I think @CrevsDaak is still in high school and probably lacks the knowledge of differential equations, which is required to solve the equation of motion in this problem.
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Oddly enough if my family dig straight through from their various homes in the Whangarei Heads region, some of them end up in the sea as well ... in Gibraltar.
I've always said to people I live so far from my old home if I move any further away I start getting closer. It doesn't quite apply according to the longitude and latitude, but it's still pretty true as far as air routes are concerned
You are both right and unfair
This @CrevsDaak guy is brilliant. Somewhere I read he is still young.
Two things :
Either he was taught the "simple" linear oscillator equations out of the blue / with no proof.
or he is too young and he does not master the math arsenal required to rigorously solve the problem.
In this second case I am not refering to the equations provided by the wikipedia link : There is a constant which, in fact, is not a physical constant but an approximate value under the assumption of small oscillations.