2007-04-13 19:21:54 · 4 answers · asked by raghu 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The question is not completely clear. If you mean that a rod (for example a cylindrical rod like a pencil) is standing on end and falls over on a flat, smooth, surface then what was the lowest point before its fall will actually be displaced upward by a distance of between 0 and the diameter of the rod.
Note - mathematically there is not just one, but a ring if lowest points around the end of the rod on which it is standing. One of these points is assumed to be the very lowest by a microscopic amount.
Bramble.
2007-04-13 19:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by Bramble 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
equals to the distance between lowest point touches to smooth surface TO lowest point touches to surface after it falls.
2007-04-14 02:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by svs0007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half of the length.
2007-04-14 02:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its diameter?
2007-04-14 02:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by nkarasch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋