What causes a whip to snap?

Subject: What causes a whip to snap?

Date: Thu Apr 17 14:23:02 1997
Posted by Markus Engelhardt
Grade level: nonaligned
School: No school entered.
City: Colorado Springs State/Province: CO
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 861304982.Ph

Message:

Is it that the very end of this thing goes faster than the speed
of sound that creates the bang?

Re: What causes a whip to snap?

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