imagine you have a gun which shoots peanut butter. you want to spread the peanut butter on some bread, so you move the gun 1m away from the bread and fire. unfortunately the peanut butter on the bread is twice as thick as you ideally want it to be. so you move the gun back 2m from the bread and fire again. will you have gotten the perfect thickness of peanut butter? why or why not?
I SAID YES BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS IM AWAY FROM THE BREAD IT WAS TWICE AS THICK NOW THAT IT IS 2M AWAY IT SHOULD BE PERFECT

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imagine you have a gun which shoots peanut butter. you want to spread the peanut butter on some bread, so you move the gun 1m away from the bread and fire. unfortunately the peanut butter on the bread is twice as thick as you ideally want it to be. so you move the gun back 2m from the bread and fire again. will you have gotten the perfect thickness of peanut butter? why or why not?
I SAID YES BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS IM AWAY FROM THE BREAD IT WAS TWICE AS THICK NOW THAT IT IS 2M AWAY IT SHOULD BE PERFECT

anonymous · Answer

nisa can you say me, whether you are shooting butter continuously or in a single shot.

anonymous · Answer

this is a single shot im guessing because at first we shoot and its too thick then they r asking if we move it for another shot is it going to be perfect

anonymous · Answer

though you increase the distance, the quantity of butter falling onto bread will be same.

anonymous · Answer

I would just simply ask my mother...

anonymous · Answer

an as a Mom... "don't be shooting peanut butter anywhere to make a mess use a knife!

anonymous · Answer

smh u guys is my answer correct? lol

anonymous · Answer

i agree with M_Vamshi, just because you are farther away, the same amount of peanut butter is coming out of the gun...assuming all peanut butter makes it onto the bread

anonymous · Answer

1) the volume of butter being shot does not change.
2) the spread is due to the in-elastic collision and momentum changes.

None of these factors affect the thickness. 
Did I miss any other factor here?

anonymous · Answer

Nah i think you got it electrokid

anonymous · Answer

no no u guys its not like tits an  invers square law problem and in my book they gave me an example like this the farthar away the bread was from the gun the lesser the thickness

anonymous · Answer

@nisa what explanation was provided?

anonymous · Answer

the question that i wrote up there is alll and they gave me a website for it http://www.phschool.com/ the code for it is csp-1305 click on gravity and distance:the inverse square law

anonymous · Answer

no. what does your book say? why does the thickness change?

anonymous · Answer

the strength of the spray obeys an inverse square law

anonymous · Answer

and it says the farther it moves the lesser it gets and i get that part i just wanted to know like would it be perfect because its twice as far or like the values is all

anonymous · Answer

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you mean like this