Timeline for Instantaneous Velocity at a Sharp Point
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| Oct 31, 2019 at 0:29 | comment | added | j18w | Ah, I see what you are saying now. Thank you for the clarification. | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 20:17 | comment | added | JMac | @AlexanderTheGreat39 I'm not sure I follow. The answer is also "idealized", specifically because it is constrained by an "ideal" question which doesn't perfectly represent the real world. The "ideal" answer to any question is just the correct one. By constraining the question with idealizations, it means the correct answer is one that conforms to the ideal situation; not the complicated one you described. | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 20:17 | vote | accept | j18w | ||
| Oct 30, 2019 at 20:12 | comment | added | j18w | I understand that these sorts of pedagogical simplifications are necessary. But why is it acceptable to idealize the question ("frictionless surface", "constant force", "no air resistance"), but not the answer? | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 18:53 | history | answered | JMac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |