• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    In simplest terms, the two magnets are trying to pull toward each other equally. But when you glue them on the board, that glue holds the magnets apart, and “pushes” them the same amount that the magnets “pull” towards each other, hence no movement.

    There would only be a movement if one side was pulling more than the other. The hand is providing that imbalance at first which moved the car.