Of course, if you take the larger frame of reference, the bee's velocity
will become zero only when the universe collapses back in on itself...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>
To: <Carmods@aol.com>
Cc: <owner-tigers@autox.team.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: Bugs
> Carmods@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > There's been a lot of discussion about bugs on the windshield lately so
> > here's a technical question for those of you who are interested.
> >
> > You are driving due north at 60 MPH and a large bumblebee hits squarely
in
> > the center of your Tiger windshield flying due south at 10 MPH.
> >
> > At what point does the velocity of the bumble bee become zero?
> >
> >
John
> > Logan
>
> The "point" is when the southerly motion of the Bumblebee reaches stops.
> Time can be measured in infinily small increments, and first contact of
> the front of the bumblebee does not stop it's center of gravity from
> moving southward as the bee collapses. At some point the center of
> gravity of the bumblee stops moving south, and then starts moving north,
> even though the remainder of the bee is still crushing.
>
> On the other hand, if you have one of those thin replacement
> windshields, it may go right through.
>
> You did not specify where this happens. There are some areas of the
> world that have heavier bumblebees than their Tigers. Some have no
> bumblebees, and some have not Tigers, making the question moot.
>
> At certain stages of their slothsome lives, where their purpose is only
> to impregnate the queen, they hardly move at all. Just like some people
> I know. {9->
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