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Because it only appears to be rolling uphill--it is actually rolling downhill, as it must. The reason for the illusion is as the V-shaped grove the cone rolls widens the contact point on the cone are further from the center thus allowing the CG of the cone to lower as it rolls. Many so-called "Mystery Spots" (like the one in Santa Cruz, CA) use the technique using a ball rolling down a narrow groove that gets imperceptibly wider thus creating the illusion the ball is rolling uphill when it fact is not.
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Does a male or female cone produce seeds?
The female cone.
What is cone cell fatigue?
Cone cell fatigue is when the cone cell gets tired after looking at an object for so long.
Can a tree be cone-bearing and deciduous?
the larch is a cone-bearing deciduous tree
What is called when pollen is transferred from the male cone to the female cone in gymnosperm?
germination
What develops on the male cone?
the zygote Edited answer: Pollen grains develop on the male cone.
What is the principle of double ended cone?
details about double ended cone
A plane figure formed by the intersection of a double right cone and a plane?
By "double right cone" do you mean one right cone sitting normal with another right cone upside-down atop the first cone? If so, then we you take that double right cone and intersect it with a plane at different angles, you get the conic sections. (i.e. hyperbola, parabola, elipse, circle)
Is a parabola formed when a plane slices through a double cone perpendicular to the bases of the cone?
No. A hyperbola is formed when a plane slices a cone perpendicular to the bases.
How to form a double cone using a right-angled triangle?
u have to imagine it revolving... only this way it's possible to form a double cone with a right triangle.
What happens to the volume of a cone if the radius is double and the height is unchanged?
Since the volume of a cone is proportional to the square of the radius (look at the formula), double the radius would mean four times the volume.
Why cereal bowls are not shaped like a cone?
because you wouldn't be able to eat all of it because the bottom of a cone is deep and you wouldn't be able to stick your spoon all the way down there
How do you find the general equation of cone using C language?
If you mean the "general equation of a cone" to be the elliptical cone equation: z = √( (x/a)2 + (y/b)2 ) ... then the function in C to compute this given the proper variables is: double genEqCone(const double x, const double y, const double a, const double b) { const double X_A = (x/a); const double Y_B = (y/b); return sqrt((X_A * X_A) + (Y_B * Y_B)); }
A right circular double-napped cone is intersected by a plane that is parallel to the generator of the cone two conice sections that could be form are?
i suppose it is an hyperbola
What can you make a cone shaped mold with for chocolate?
You might be able to go to a machinist and have them bend and weld a cone shaped piece of sheet metal for you.
What shape is volcanoes?
The basic shape of a volcano is like that of a cone with it's bottom faced downwards towards the earth and the top pointy hole part facing upwards towards the sky! However there is a type of volcano which has a plain shape and that is a dead or an extinct volcano!Cone
A shape which has 2 vertices which are not next to each other?
A double cone, or variants on the theme.
Why are conic section called conic sections?
Circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas are called conic sections because they can be obtained as a intersection of a plane with a double- napped circular cone. If the plane passes through vertex of the double-napped cone, then the intersection is a point, a pair of straight lines or a single line. These are called degenerate conic sections. Because they are sections of a cone or a cone shaped object.
