24th October 2023, 10:11 PM
(24th October 2023, 6:28 PM)Master Raiden Wrote: I feel like the small balls are just as capable of pushing away other balls as the big balls. Especially in the first suika game with the funny sound effects, the small ones felt like they were made of solid metal.
So it might be worth testing it out. We can't really assume that the mass is proportional to the size unless we see how the game was developed.
It really depends on where you drop them. If you drop them at an obtuse angle, then the speed (regardless of the mass) is pretty much the same, yes. But, this is only provided that you drop the balls off another one, at an obtuse angle. Now, if you were to have a situation where you drop a small ball directly onto a larger one (and you can't hit it at an obtuse angle), then there's little to no effect because the force is weak.
(24th October 2023, 6:53 PM)Master Raiden Wrote: In the following experiment, I rolled a ball into another ball to find out if their masses were different. Following the law of Conservation of Energy, the speed × mass should remain constant.
e.g. A force that makes a 1kg ball move at 1 m/s would:
• Make a 2kg ball move at 0.5 m/s
• Make a 0.5kg ball move at 2 m/s
So if the masses of the balls are different, rolling a small ball into a larger ball (left) should result in both of them moving very slowly, and rolling a large ball into a small ball (right) should only cause a slight reduction in speed.
If their masses are the same, both balls would move at 0.5x the speed of the ball that was dropped regardless of the size.
I'll have to test this theory out and let you know either in my new thread, or on this thread. As long as you hit the balls at an obtuse angle, then there's a possibility that your theory can be proven correct. However, there are other situations that might make this theory, counterproductive, and I'll explain why, eventually.
Eventually, I'll explain how Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia can be helpful in certain situations aside from this, where you may not necessarily be able to hit the balls from an obtuse angle.