Imagine that friction suddenly vanishes.How would life be affected.List ten such situations?
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1. we could not walk, we would keep slipping
2. In a frictionless world, all machines will become 100% efficient.
3. the cars wouldn 't stop, so there would be a lot of accidents
4. There would be no sound because the waves have to be 'tranferred ' but with no friction they cannot transfer!
5. Writing would be impossible, the pencil would slip off the page.
6. Knives would be much less effective
7. Matches wouldn 't work
8. Phone audio quality would be a lot better, as friction would not have any effect on telephone cables.
9. The Olympics would be pointless. All events would be reduced to a test of strength pushing away from the start.
10. In order to move from one place to another, you would have to make something else move in the opposite direction
2. In a frictionless world, all machines will become 100% efficient.
3. the cars wouldn 't stop, so there would be a lot of accidents
4. There would be no sound because the waves have to be 'tranferred ' but with no friction they cannot transfer!
5. Writing would be impossible, the pencil would slip off the page.
6. Knives would be much less effective
7. Matches wouldn 't work
8. Phone audio quality would be a lot better, as friction would not have any effect on telephone cables.
9. The Olympics would be pointless. All events would be reduced to a test of strength pushing away from the start.
10. In order to move from one place to another, you would have to make something else move in the opposite direction
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