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I took my balloon and rode on a horse, and the balloon stayed behind me as the horse ran forward.



I love balloons, and so I kept one with me while I was in the car. The car began moving forward... and so did the balloon? Magic balloon, or science?



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27-Jul-2018 14:41:29 - Last edited on 03-Jul-2023 17:42:12 by 4A6F6B6B75

You are impressive! I'd like to hand wave another problem for you.

I think a lot of us enjoy the music on RuneScape... possibly elsewhere I suppose too... I'd surely love to hear the music in an orchestra.



One thing that has baffled me is how each instrument can have a unique contribution. I'm not sure where it comes from, but there are a few variables to look at. One thing I've considered is the speed of sound.

A quick search online will show me that the speed of sound is about 343 meters per second in air, but it doesn't seem to matter which instrument I use. One day... I've decided to hop onto RuneScape... and, oh darn it!... The Jagex mods messed up how the speed of sound works. What would the music in an orchestra sound like to people where the speed of sound was different for each instrument? Faces of RuneScape (Selfies): 23-24-700-66015963
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27-Jul-2018 17:24:22 - Last edited on 28-Jul-2018 06:33:03 by Aubrey666

28-Jul-2018 08:18:01 - Last edited on 03-Jul-2023 17:42:16 by 4A6F6B6B75

That's okay. I'm messing up the world and I am pretending that the speed of sound is different for each instrument. What would happen ?

edit: I'll place the answer in the spoiler and image below.

If the speed of sound was different for each instrument, then the music from different instruments would arrive to the audience at different times. Someone up front might hear the music just as intended, but it would be really garbled or delayed for the audience sitting further back ( should the musicians play their instruments together sitting right next to each other )

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29-Jul-2018 01:13:49 - Last edited on 31-Jul-2018 06:08:19 by Aubrey666

I hope double posting after a long while isn't such a big deal Here's another one that has always baffled me.

I'm standing next to my friend and throw a baseball at 0.004 km/s, then it would look to my friend like the baseball is moving 0.004 km/s (0 km/s + 0.004 km/s), right?

Let's say I have a really cool car and I like to drive crazy fast... like 0.05 km/s! I throw the baseball in the exact same way and my friend has hawk eyes and sees the ball pass them up by 0.054 km/s. Wow! (0.05 km/s + 0.004 km/s)

They say nothing is faster than the speed of light, which travels almost 30000 km/s. I repeat the experiment and turn on my flashlight right next to my friend while we're both standing still. No problem! They measures its speed somehow and finds it's going about 30000 km/s just as we expected.

So I'm driving my car around at night and it's kind of dark... I turn on my lights and drive right by friend. They look at the light and try to measure its relative speed. What did they see or measure?

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10-Aug-2018 17:53:29 - Last edited on 10-Aug-2018 22:58:09 by Aubrey666

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