The differential on a car allows the wheels to turn at different rates
of speed so that you can steer while under power.
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, you wrote:
| --- John Rye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > I have been lurking here for several months nw - just watching!!!
| >
| > And last of all for all you males out there - Would someone please explain
| > A: What's a differential?
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| A type of equation.
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| > B. How's it work?
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| The same way algebra does, but with a lot of assumptions built-in.
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| > C. Why do we need it??
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| To simplify calculations that would be horrendous if we just used algebra.
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| >
| > Cheers
| >
| Or were you referring to the part of a car? If so - I dunno. All I know about
| cars is that my driver needs one to get me to where I need to go and they are
| WAY overpriced.
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