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With a quick, sudden motion, he bends his thumb forward so that the rubber band slips off. What happens next?

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The rubber band flies forward if on the back.  If the thumb on the front t would smack back and hit your thumb
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The elastic potential energy stored in the stretched rubber band changes to kinetic energy.


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