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Do you really want me to write the full six page analysis? No, I didn't think so. Unfortunately, concise replies such as the one I gave and which require the
by RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
Do you really want me to write the full six page analysis? No, I didn't think so. Unfortunately, concise replies such as the one I gave and which require the reader to think a little often result in replies such as yours where it is difficult to discern whether you are being deliberately clever, deliberately trollish, or genuinely confused.
Let me expand.
I only assumed the weights were unsupported, not the man. I did that to assist the reader in understanding the analysis. I did not assume the man was unsupported - I had hoped my initial description of what happens implied that. Possibly it didn't.
I would expect that the problem is intended to include the floor - that's not my point. Having made the analysis for the unsupported weights, the evolution of the situation when there is a floor becomes obvious.
So I hope you were joking, and not a troll.
- brlewis 16y agoI'm not trolling, and only half joking. Your first paragraph where you talked about the heavier weight falling seemed like a joke about the drawing not including a floor. Which would be fine, except someone making that silly assumption should go all the way with it and assume the man is unsupported too. Now I understand that you were helping people understand the analysis, and I'm sorry my reply sounded trollish.