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Old 07-January-2009, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by speedfreek View Post


con·verge (kn-vûrj)
v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es
a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point
b. To come together from different directions; meet
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Converging to a single point ...

However, because of acceleration differences, moving away from each other.


x--x--x
-x--x----------------------P
x--x--x


--x----x----x
---x----x------------------P
--x----x----x

All converging to P but away from each other

I know that some of the xs dont move away from each other ... but see my argument above.