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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
It's difficult for me to grasp the idea that you can't intuitively understand the difference by simply observing the world around you. I would hope that your own comparison of an object weighing 5.25 oz traveling at 98mph and object weighing 2000lbs traveling 500+mph would be self explanatory with respect to the kinetic energy each would possess and their respective abilities to travel any distance once released.
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This isnt true... the weight of an object doubled, doesnt mean the double speed would make it travel as far.
Something 5times the weight needs much more power or speed to reach the similar place.
It is similar with effect of speed, the air thickens the faster something travels, therefore it takes so much more power to find just the extra 5mph at high speeds
