Question by Andy A: Can you explain why a snooker ball will eventually stop all sliding and start purely rolling along a surface?

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Answer by goober
As the ball slides, the friction with the table exerts a torque on the ball and starts it to roll a bit. The distance that the ball slides decreases as the ball rolls more so sliding imparts less rotation to the ball until the ball is rolling and not sliding at all.

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2 Responses to “Can you explain why a snooker ball will eventually stop all sliding and start purely rolling along a surface?”

  1. May 22, 2011

    christian


    haha man do the APS yourself!
    actually, i would like to know the answer too :P

  2. May 22, 2011

    east inflatables


    i would like to know the answer too

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