Pebble stuck in a wheel -traditional view
- Author:
- Judah L Schwartz
A pebble is stuck on the rim of a rolling wheel.
One of these graphs shows the height of the pebble as a function of time.
The other graph shows the height of the pebble as a function of position along the road.
Which graph is which? Why do you think so?
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