How is mechanics statistical? Do we basically find the probability of a ball rolling when we hit it?
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If you roll a painted ball down a hill it’s pretty easy know where it will leave a trail.
If you roll 500 balls that bump and knock into each other as they bounce down a slope it is much harder to know where each will roll.
If we don’t care exactly where it is painted on the hill, we can use statistical mechanics to get a good guess about how much and where the hill will be painted.
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