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The Cheerleader and the Football Player

Physics and Physical Exertion

By Malati M. Patil

The Cheerleader and the Football Player


 

Abstract

As the result of a wager between the school football team and its cheerleading squad, one of the cheerleaders has to lift a 300-pound football player off the ground. In this directed case study, students learn about the mechanical principle of the pulley. It is suitable for any basic class at the high school or undergraduate level where Newtonian mechanics are discussed.

   

Date Posted

08/21/2001

Overview

Objectives

  • To learn the mechanical principle and function of the pulley.

Keywords

Pulley; Newtownian mechanics

  

Subject Headings

Engineering (General)
Mechanical Engineering
Physics

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

High school, Undergraduate lower division

  

FORMAT

PDF

   

TOPICAL AREAS

N/A

   

LANGUAGE

English

   

TYPE/METHODS

Directed

 

 

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