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Stays put vs. tumbles.

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	CROSSREFS	`BP273 has the same solution, except all examples are letters.` `Adjacent-numbered pages: BP194 BP195 BP196 BP197 BP198 * BP200 BP201 BP202 BP203 BP204`
	KEYWORD	`nice, handed, updown, rotate, physics, anticomputer, perfect`
	CONCEPT	`base (info \| search),` `downward_upward (info \| search),` `tumbles_or_stays_put (info \| search),` `line_absolute_direction (info \| search),` `absolute_direction (info \| search),` `imagined_line_or_curve (info \| search),` `imagined_entity (info \| search),` `direction (info \| search),` `gravity (info \| search)`
	AUTHOR	`Harry E. Foundalis`

Circle falls by gravity on the right of all other objects if let loose vs. circle falls by gravity on the left of all other objects if let loose.

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP229 BP230 BP231 BP232 BP233 * BP235 BP236 BP237 BP238 BP239`
	KEYWORD	`dual, handed, leftright, physics, orderedtriplet, traditional`
	CONCEPT	`bounding_box (info \| search),` `downward_upward (info \| search),` `left_right (info \| search),` `line_absolute_direction (info \| search),` `absolute_direction (info \| search),` `imagined_motion (info \| search),` `motion (info \| search),` `direction (info \| search),` `gravity (info \| search)`
	AUTHOR	`Peter Shanahan`

Stays put (both when placed on its top and bottom) vs. tumbles (when placed on its bottom).

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	CROSSREFS	`See BP199 for the original "stays put vs. tumbles".` `Adjacent-numbered pages: BP268 BP269 BP270 BP271 BP272 * BP274 BP275 BP276 BP277 BP278`
	KEYWORD	`rotate, physics`
	CONCEPT	`base (info \| search),` `downward_upward (info \| search),` `tumbles_or_stays_put (info \| search),` `line_absolute_direction (info \| search),` `absolute_direction (info \| search),` `imagined_line_or_curve (info \| search),` `imagined_entity (info \| search),` `direction (info \| search),` `gravity (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`arial_font_centered_connected_symbol [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Merse E. Gáspár`

Notch from above (holds poured water) vs. no notch from above (does not hold poured water).

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP269 BP270 BP271 BP272 BP273 * BP275 BP276 BP277 BP278 BP279`
	KEYWORD	`notso, physics`
	CONCEPT	`concave_convex_region (info \| search),` `downward_upward (info \| search),` `line_absolute_direction (info \| search),` `absolute_direction (info \| search),` `direction (info \| search),` `liquid_flow (info \| search),` `gravity (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`arial_font_centered_connected_symbol [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Merse E. Gáspár`

Unstable balance vs. not

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	REFERENCE	`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability_theory`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP546 BP547 BP548 BP549 BP550 * BP552 BP553 BP554 BP555 BP556`
	EXAMPLE	`The classic example is a pendulum with a solid rod (instead of a string) which has a stable balance point at the bottom of its swing, where if you move the pendulum slightly it will swing back towards that balanced state. However, theoretically the pendulum can also be balanced pointing directly up. In this case, if you move the pendulum slightly it will swing down away from that upwards balanced state.`
	KEYWORD	`updown, rotate, physics, anticomputer, perfect`
	CONCEPT	`tumbles_or_stays_put (info \| search),` `gravity (info \| search)`
	AUTHOR	`Jago Collins`

Filled completely by fluid poured into gap (assuming there is already air) vs. not so.

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	COMMENTS	`For a non-physics-based solution, "there exists a never-vertically-increasing path starting from the opening to each point in the interior vs. not so." - Aaron David Fairbanks, Aug 01 2020`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP891 BP892 BP893 BP894 BP895 * BP897 BP898 BP899 BP900 BP901`
	KEYWORD	`nice, handed, updown, physics`
	CONCEPT	`liquid_flow (info \| search),` `gravity (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`[smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Zane Fry`

Ball will reach edge of bounding box under gravity vs. not so.

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	COMMENTS	`Strictly this Problem's solution is not actually about gravity, it is about a constant downwards force (the ball's time-independent path does not depend on the magnitude of the force, only direction). The phrasing for the solution is a shorthand that takes advantage of human physical intuition.`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP928 BP929 BP930 BP931 BP932 * BP934 BP935 BP936 BP937 BP938`
	KEYWORD	`physics`
	CONCEPT	`bounding_box (info \| search),` `imagined_motion (info \| search),` `gravity (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`dot_with_lines_or_curves [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Leo Crabbe`

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