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प्रश्न
To play this you will need a small stone, a bigger stone (lemon-sized), a thick roll of paper (which can be made with layers of paper), a mouse, and an elephant made of paper.
- Take a string about 2 feet long.
- At one end of the string tie the small stone. Stick or tie the mouse to the stone. - Put the string into the roll of paper.
- At the other end of the string tie the bigger stone and stick the elephant.
- Hold the roll of paper and move your hand to rotate the small stone.
- Who is pulling whom? You will be surprised! The mouse lifts the elephant! How did this magic happen?
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उत्तर
When the small stone i.e., the mouse rotates, it creates a force due to which the bigger stone i.e., the elephant is being pulled up.
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