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Rube Goldberg experiments are some of the most fun and interesting projects to make. For our project we had to have six different steps and make our marble fall into a cup. Lots of people like to make Rube Goldberg projects because it helps people to learn more about simple machines. Rube Goldberg was a man who created cartoons, was an engineer, author, and artist. He created many things and inspire many people. Rubes machine was something that could incorporate the six simple machines lever, wedge, Pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and screw. These all ended up in one way or another using Newton's three laws of motion. All having to do with an object will remain in motion until a force acts on it. An object will accelerate in the
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