Have you ever noticed when you are working on something, and you drop a piece of it, that it somehow bounces a ridiculous distance away? I dropped a screw on carpet, and it ended up about 15 feet away. Anyway, what should this law of nature be called?
2007-05-15 04:21:53 · 5 answers · asked by Biskit 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
There is already a law for this kind of thing... its called "Sods Law"
e.g.
You "Where the **** is that screw?"
Someone else "It landed around here somewhere..."
10 Days later when u step on it 15ft away...
You "Sods Law i wud find it in that last place i wud expect it"
;)
2007-05-15 05:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by rino2k_uk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inertia, something set in motion will stay in motion until acted on by an outside force (Newton's First Law)
2007-05-15 04:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by jcann17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an example of the principle known as the innate perversity of inanimate objects, or IPIO.
2007-05-15 05:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is similar problem, known as "Buffon's needle" problem, it's about pi, as a probability of an event.
2007-05-15 04:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gravity
2007-05-15 04:42:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋