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To approximate with Newtonian laws: F=ma Meaning that positive and negative masses will accelerate in opposite directions in response to the same applied forc
by jbay808 8y ago
To approximate with Newtonian laws:
F=ma
Meaning that positive and negative masses will accelerate in opposite directions in response to the same applied force. The effect is different, but it's a bit like how when you are in a car and hit the gas pedal, and your kid is in the back seat holding a helium balloon, the kid feels pushed backward into the seat but the balloon flies forward toward the windshield.
F = GMm/r^2
Meaning that gravitational forces between opposite signed masses is the opposite direction from the force between masses of the same sign.
Thus, the gravity force repels the normal mass away, but this repulsive force actually drags the negative mass along with it, because the negative mass accelerates the wrong way when "repelled".
- zamalek 8y agoWe have an intuitive ~~example~~ approximation of this in real-life: balloons in a car[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAJlg8MDAlU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAJlg8MDAlU
- taeric 8y agoI'm intrigued. Isn't the reason a balloon moves forward more of buoyancy? If you do the same experiment with the window open, doesn't it do as expected by most people?