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The video does go further - it contains some interesting content around how this concept relates to the earth's orbit around the sun, the discrepancy between th
by jjnoakes 3y ago
The video does go further - it contains some interesting content around how this concept relates to the earth's orbit around the sun, the discrepancy between the duration of an earth day and a 360 degree rotation about the earth's axis, and why astronomy days are not the same length as earth days.
- jraph 3y agoYeah, the SAT question is almost an excuse to speak about this things, and you also get to see an interview with one of the concerned candidates. Very enjoyable video.
- 2muchcoffeeman 3y agoThere’s also an interesting note about when the specified answers in the question would have been right, the point of view of the centre circle.
- jjnoakes 3y agoI actually didn't think that part belonged in there. Considering a rotating point of view seemed contrived to me.
- 2muchcoffeeman 3y agoSurely the intended meaning of the question belongs in the discussion? You’re right, it’s contrived. But I automatically tried to compare lengths too. So it’s a good lesson in making sure that your simplification of the question still does what the question asks.
- jjnoakes 3y agoI'm not convinced that the intended meaning was to consider a rotating reference frame. I think it was simply an oversight that the straight-line answer and the around-a-circle answer aren't the same. A rotating reference frame is one way to explain that oversight, but it isn't the only one.
- wlonkly 3y agoThe rotating point of view was the "aha" for me. It's even clearer to me when you look at the 1:1 ratio with two identical coins, where when the rotating coin is upright at the bottom of the rotation, and the coin is right-side-up to the observer but is "top edge to middle coin" instead of "bottom edge to middle coin". (Specifically, my "aha" was that one rotation of the moving coin in place was not the same as one rotation of the moving coin around the middle coin.)
- jjnoakes 3y agoI should have been more specific. I didn't mind that part as a teaching aid in general, but I thought it was contrived as a possible explanation for what the question authors expected students to visualize when they made the correct answer 3.