Rhett Allain
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Dasun :
The centre of mass is located in the middle of the stick. which means the centre of mass of the stick is initially lower than the centre of gravity of the ball. So when starting the motion, the yardstick is closer to the ground than the ball.
2026-02-17 16:59:05
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Oof :
The yardstick is falling, but also it is rotating around its anchor point at the wall. The approximate middle of the yardstick should falling near 1G (ignoring air resistance and the weight of the ball holder), the end of the yardstick i
2026-02-17 14:31:08
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Enough is enough :
Intuitively i would say that it’s the center of mass that accelerates at 9.8m/s². The side against the wall stays in place, the other end is on the other side of the center of mass, so it must fall faster (or rather accelerate faster)
2026-03-27 21:36:16
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user3851709613913 :
The earth is flat
2026-02-18 00:59:04
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Fireblade RR :
Ball is falling straight down like its supposed to. The stick falls in a curve because of the wall
2026-02-17 23:00:51
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yesbut...no :
Gravity pulls harder on the object with the greater mass. So the ball is lighter and gets pulled less than the stick with the holder.
2026-04-10 08:33:11
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Quantum Mathematics :
Because of conservation of angular momentum? The stick has a rigid radius of radial fall and the ball is free? ✌️😎
2026-02-17 14:36:37
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Jd :
I believe a negative pressure was created above the ball slowing it down.
2026-04-01 10:19:17
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Narfologija :
Heavy stick light ball diference matters, same fall speed only in vakuum, air atoms/particles slow down fall if you light or heavy, mater dencity.
2026-04-08 10:40:54
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...brt :
I guess because the stick is pivoting about one edge following an circolar trajectory, so moving away from the pivot the tangential speed will increase proportionally. The center of gravity is placed mid way and it drops following the gravity criteria with an acceleration equal to g. The other extremity is the farest point following an circolar trajectory with the highest tangential speed.
2026-02-19 00:58:48
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bybgrant :
because the stick is falling in an arc.
2026-03-31 06:12:21
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Ale Seldon :
I don't think is moving faster, I think both objects want to fall at the same speed, but when released the ball is floating on a cup shape that is being moved horizontally to the right, adding a force to the ball while it is falling along the slope of the cup shape, so it seems like it falls slower when is just being pushed and rolled outside
2026-03-21 00:52:30
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arie_almighty :
That’s easy. The leverage of the stick accelerates the speed of the end point to balance the stick’s motion thus making the tape move faster.
2026-04-04 20:39:45
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Wot The Toc :
The ball is higher than the stick.
2026-02-20 00:22:58
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Zoe la Puggy :
Yardstick’s fall describes a circular path given the “radius” it has against the floor, whereas the ball describes a parabolic path as any other object on free fall.
2026-02-19 05:32:45
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Bob Jones :
The center of mass and the fulcrum effect.
2026-04-01 12:29:56
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Rompa :
Gravitationen drar båda rakt neråt. Men pinnen tvingas i en cirkulär rörelse. Då dras bollen åt sidan jämfört med pinnen och åker ur koppen.
2026-02-19 10:35:39
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SI K :
venturi effect
2026-04-07 05:29:10
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user1784558417641 :
Still falls faster because I was adopted and my real parents don’t love me
2026-04-18 21:42:59
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neurodivergent nonsense :
Inertia. When the stick drops, its tip accelerates away and the support force on the ball and goes to 0. With nothing holding it up, the ball enters free fall. Since it starts almost motionless, it looks like it hovers briefly and lags behind due to inertia. The stick isn’t falling faster, the support force from the stick drops to 0 and that inertial difference while minuscule does take time (enough for the stick to appear to drop faster) when in reality they fall at the same speed. The delay is caused by inertia.
2026-02-17 14:32:36
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Sneak attack :
Air pressure
2026-02-17 21:39:18
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OLF :
@Science with Freddy can you solve this problem and answer his question?
2026-04-05 11:24:32
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OLF :
@Alicia Leasha can you solve this problem and answer his question?
2026-04-05 11:24:41
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Rune Bear :
the linear acceleration in the y direction at any point along the lever is proportional to its distance from the pivot, so at the start of the stick it accelerates less than g, the middle of the stick accelerates at g, and the end of the stick accelerates at 2g. Ball accelerates at g.
2026-02-17 15:15:24
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PaulHarkinian :
The stick isn’t in free fall, it’s pivoting close to the floor
2026-02-17 16:55:52
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PeteyPete :
The floor is pushing up
2026-02-17 20:38:15
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Fadibukab :
the center of gravity of the stake has less distance than the ball, that will cause the end of the stake to travel faster than the ball
2026-03-29 05:48:57
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charlesbarenton :
Because there is a fulcrum , in this case , the end of the board, the end of the long board can actually move faster than gravity on the ball. This phenomenon is not particularly intuitive but it is easier to explain if the pivot point was slightly before the end of the board in which case there would be a very lob-sided seesaw. The short end moving up would move slowly and the long end moving down would move faster the 2 opposite forces would equal the gravity applied to the ball.
2026-02-17 21:30:29
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user5581564853607 :
The ball isn’t connected and it wants to fall straight down. Not around an arc. Imagine if the stick were made of 100 separate pieces and it just suddenly fell apart.
2026-02-17 20:03:03
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Mat thew :
potential vs kinetic energy difference between the stick+ball compared to potential and kinetic of stick-ball?
2026-02-17 14:23:38
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Kjartan Høiby :
Ah.. the Angel of the stick...?
2026-03-20 22:21:43
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My_Name_Is_One_Two :
until split ball is working for stick. That gives stick head start.
2026-02-19 11:52:56
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shane stevens725 :
The ball has more impetus and there is less mass per area in the stick.The force of gravity is more on the stick. Newton's law says a body will remain in a state of equilibrium until a force is applied to it. There is less force per area on the ball so the stick gets pulled down quicker.
2026-02-19 16:09:55
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Paré :
Mass. Stick plus ball mass gets the stick higher momentum.
2026-02-19 16:49:43
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AlphabettySpagetti :
The stick is under the skirting board, which is applying pressure to accelerate the stick to drop for a start
2026-02-19 23:23:56
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Potato Mato :
I don't know 🥺
2026-02-20 02:18:56
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stefanbuzaeanu :
😏🥰
2026-02-20 16:01:54
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Keith Circle :
When you suddenly and without warning drop the stick, the ball is caught off guard and takes it a moment to realize what's happening, hence the lag in the ball's reaction time. 😁
2026-02-22 14:54:00
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Lil Whine :
simple weight difference
2026-02-26 11:12:15
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hddguru :
The ball is falling straight down the stick is on an arc
2026-02-26 23:09:51
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wicko777 :
the vertical componant of the stick acts on its center of gravity which is lower than the ball, both fall at same rate (vertically) the balls center of gravity is higher and has to travel further so hits the ground later than the cog of stick plus the end of stick as it accelerates faster due to the extra distance on the radius, so covers the distance of the radian in the same time.
2026-02-28 11:03:21
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んそwも下 :
Angles of movement
2026-03-01 20:42:19
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PandaManda :
😁😁😁
2026-03-27 01:22:44
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hankypanky1961 :
the ball also pushen the stick at the start
2026-03-27 12:44:22
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User with broad interests :
The ball accelerates downward because of gravity. The stick does too, but it can’t go straight down, so you split the force into vectors and you see it speeds up more
2026-02-18 07:44:39
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chris b507 :
Inertia
2026-02-17 14:37:02
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Gaston Lavén :
I think a sub pressure is created which sucks the ball back. And thus doesn't fall with 1G.
2026-02-17 17:34:38
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Samppa :
They fall at the same speed but stick just go further 🤣
2026-02-17 19:09:17
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️ :
stick falls away first, ball gets free but still has to accelerate
2026-02-17 19:35:39
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Sam Gagnon :
If the ball was placed on the center of mass of the stick, they btoh would fall at 9.8m/s2 right?
2026-02-17 21:24:56
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Mr Mitzelplik🇨🇦 :
A vacuum is being formed at the top of the ball
2026-02-17 21:27:51
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Wanky Doodleㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ༽ :
My guess is that distance that the stick has to fall is its average radian. So somewhere in the middle, which is shorter than the straight falling distance of the ball.
2026-02-17 21:34:34
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