• Question: could you ever beat your shadow in a race ?

    Asked by rachelbowesxx to Amy, Drew, Julia, Kimberley, Sara on 20 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Drew Rae

      Drew Rae answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Hi Rachel. Cool question. If there is light shining from the ground at the finish line, and you jump over the line, there will be a gap between you and your shadow when you cross the line. Your shadow will catch up to you when you land, though.

      If you shine light evenly from all directions, your shadow will give up and go home and you can have the race all to yourself.

    • Photo: Sara Imari Walker

      Sara Imari Walker answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Hi Rachel!! I like Drew’s answer!! That is clever. I was going to say you could just keep the light in front of you so your shadow was always behind you, but I think Drew’s idea works much much better! Are you going to test it out?

    • Photo: Amy MacQueen

      Amy MacQueen answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Ha I like this! a sure way to beat my shadow in my next race! 🙂

    • Photo: Kimberley Bryon

      Kimberley Bryon answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Drew’s answer is really clever I was going to give Sara’s answer.

    • Photo: Julia Griffen

      Julia Griffen answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      depends where the light is coming from 😛

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