46 Comments

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Nathan Griffin
Madison, OH · 3 months ago

If you’re moving at the same speed, a straight line is always the fastest route

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Randall Sapp
Farmington, WV · 7 days ago

and I see where went wrong on big slip slide made on tv show

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JimmSOL
Freeland, MI · 10 days ago

Odd how many people are offended by the straight line not being the fastest in this scenario. The idea here is that when gravity and velocity are included in the equation, the straight line is not the fastest. If all three balls were traveling at the same constant speed then yes, the straight line is fastest. That wasn't the case here. calm down.

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Cory Treadwell
Mastic Beach, NY · 3 months ago

Bottom must be waisting energy changing directions?

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Arthur_Morgan
Salkum, WA · a month ago

not true, I fell off a cliff and went through a jungle instead of using the road and I made it home faster

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Lonesome Dove
a month ago

This is all dependent on how far the bathroom is and how old the guy is. IFYKYK

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Carly Cabrera
Wappingers Falls, NY · a month ago

It’s cause the ball that is going in the curve line is faster

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mhmofo
Schenectady, NY · 3 months ago

no its the shortest... but gravity doesn't effect walking

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Joshua Mitchell
Port Richey, FL · 3 months ago

If they were going the same speed, a straight line would be the fastest this proves nothing

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77 wild
Van Buren, AR · 5 months ago

speed helps

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Charles Mulluk
Bismarck, ND · 3 months ago

There is not short path they’re all the same

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ELBOOGIE
Iuka, KY · 2 months ago

yes.... if you're a ball

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Robert Price
Lumberton, TX · 2 months ago

its a straight line is theshortest distance. not the fastest

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Micah Norman
Largo, FL · 4 months ago

The top never gains energy, the bottom loses energy, the middle is consistently gaining energy.

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Charles
3 months ago

we're not talking about the fastest we're talking about the shortest distance the shortest distance from one point to another is a straight line.

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Mr. Nobody
Santa Maria, CA · 3 months ago

Gravity acceleration plays into this demonstration.

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wayne wilson
Sylva, NC · 4 months ago

It is. If all speeds are constant

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Lydia Jones
Greenback, TN · 4 months ago

gravity and air pressure increased acceleration

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daniel peterson
Seminole, FL · 4 months ago

if no other factors would be used to measure the speed of the objects, shortest wins. that experiment uses gravity to offset the results.

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Livewire
Woodbridge, VA · 2 months ago

they are not released at the same time. It takes longer for the straight line to be released. myth busted not true.

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DzNootz
Anchorage, KY · 3 months ago

But the phrase is still the same, and accurate. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Zubaba
3 months ago

The shortest is the fastest thats why the middle won. Idiots.

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ItsOrganicDontPanic
3 months ago

shortest and fastest are not the same thing

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Pedro Lopez Jr
Spring Lake, NC · 2 months ago

if those were highways straight line fastest

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Micah Byrd
Mount Sterling, KY · 3 months ago

Sure if you are traveling at faster speed.

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haru63
Bronx, NY · 3 months ago

damn, he makes Shaq look 6ft tall.😆😆

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Braxton Spencer
Ogden, UT · 4 months ago

Yeah yall ever look at a dyno sheat

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Bobby Graham
Pontiac, MI · 5 months ago

actually the one in the middle is the shortest

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quick response
Nashville, TN · 4 months ago

What's the shortest path between opposite corners of a cube while keeping contact with the cube's side?

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Someone you know
San Antonio, TX · 2 months ago

technically it started later. needed more control over the experiment.

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Don Knotts
Maybell, CO · 3 months ago

Neither is the speed of the fall

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Billy
Punta Gorda, FL · 4 months ago

the fastest path is always the shortest 🤔

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ChiefRunWithScissors
5 months ago

is that vsauce?

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DavidDont
4 months ago

imagine if race car drivers knew this one simple trick. 😳