What should I do. A string on one of the balls on newtons cradle came loose. How do I fix it?

[jay74]

Ok in science today we learned about momentum. And the teacher brought out a newtons cradle. At the end of class me and another kid went up to it to look at it and try different ball amounts with momentum. Well I pulled up the ball on the right side not to high, a little lower then middle let it go and the fifth ball in let go of its string. Just one not both cause I guess the ball is held on by two short strings. I examined the string and it didn't look snapped at all. It looked like it was squeezed like pressed together to something to hold the ball up. I was accused of "breaking" it and the other kid wasn't. I didn't even break it. The string came loose. Although my science teacher was cool about it I want to fix it for him. Can't buy cause I don't have any money. How should I fix it?

[mobilefrequenter]

The force was too great! The thing is that the length of that string effects the tension to that side of the ball and allows it to only swings in two directions. I don't know how you could fix it just yet. The bond between the string and the ball would have to be strong enough to hold that tension. That string isn't thick enough for a good contact point. I'll have to think about this...

[BertMacklinFBI]

just do what you can, and if you can't do it then offer to help your teacher fix it. hope he has the right idea.