Falling stick with pennies.


A16-1 Falling stick with pennies.
Purpose: To demonstrate the kinematics of a rotating object. 
Description: Pennies are placed on a meterstick which is held horizontally. When one end of the meterstick is released, two-thirds of the pennies remain with the stick but the one third close to the dropped end of the stick fall in a horizontal line.
References: Mw-2.
Equipment: Meterstick and pennies.

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