Date:         Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:38:50 -0900
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From:         rsthj@aurora.alaska.edu (Thomas Johnson)
Subject:      Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)


>Posit two Beetles. Both are identical mechanically, they have identical
>bodies and they are driving down identical, perfectly flat roads. One
>Beetle weighs a hundred pounds and the other weighs a thousand pounds.
>
>Disregarding the friction in all internal mechanical
>components--considering inertia only--once they reach a certain steady
>speed, will they get identical gas mileage?


Yes.


-Tom

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