Chemistry
9th Edition
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Author: Steven S. Zumdahl
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 117CP
Confronted with the box shown in the diagram, you wish to discover something about its internal workings. You have no tools and cannot open the box. You pull on rope B, and it moves rather freely. When you pull on rope A, rope C appears to be pulled slightly into the box. When you pull on rope C, rope A almost disappears into the box.*
- a. Based on these observations, construct a model for the interior mechanism of the box.
- b. What further experiments could you do to refine your model?
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