Three Balls In, Three Balls Out: The Counterintuitive Cradle Trick

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Museum Educator Eric posed a puzzle: pull three balls back on a Newton's cradle when only two remain in the line. Most people expect something strange. But momentum forces the system to respond with three balls leaving the other side — the middle ball's momentum transfers through, and the constraint is honored exactly.

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