I asked:
-WHY DOES AN INFLATED BALLOON MOVE WHEN THE AIR ESCAPES.
I concluded or summarized wut you guys answered:
(Newton’s Third Law of Motion), for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction i.e. the air goes one way, the balloon goes the other. The air inside the balloon is exerting pressure on the outside of the balloon. When the air escapes, that pressure is concentrated in one direction. The moving air near the opening strengthens pressure on the current of air, and so it pushes the balloon forward.
BUT, if I make a rocket out of a balloon and attack it to a straw and put the straw thru a string (so it can move on the string as if it was going to mars or wherever).. Would the rocket action still occur if there were no surronding air?
I think the air does affect it... am i wrong why?if im right .. aight? why?
2006-11-21
09:33:03
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