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Old 07-04-09 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by imi
uh, wouldn't the big guy have a greater gravitational force slowing him down up the hill?
No. He will experience greater gravitational force, but the same gravitational acceleration. He has greater momentum. That is, because he's heavier, it takes greater force to slow him down. Since he was going faster to begin with, he ends up going further.
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