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Big guy vs. Small guy
A 25 year old, 300 pound snowboarder is racing a 14 year old, 110 pound snowboarder. they are both at equal skill level, taking away their weight difference. Who will win? |
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First Factor in the race
There are two main factors that I am going to focus on for this race.
The first factor is Friction and packing snow, I'll just spend a little time on it, because I have a whole 2nd page on friction. So, the 300 pound person is being held back a little because he packs more snow down than the 110 pound kid, and, he also creates more friction, because he is pushing down on the ground with his weight harder than the 14 year old is.
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The second factor in this race is gravity. Gravity is pulling the 25 year old down to the bottom of the hill faster than the 14 year old, because the 25 year old has more gravity pushing on him. Therefore, if you were to take all the other factors out of the race, the older guy would finish ahead of the 14 year old.
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