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Originally Posted by island911 View Post

And then the Q I "got wrong" has an issue of relativity. If you reverse the flow over a fan, the rotation reverses as well. So the blown fan is running backwards (relative to its normal direction) but since it is opposing the other (blowing) fan, it is running opposite & opposed, making it run in the same direction (relative to the running fan blades) This leaves the reader guessing as to which is the relative reference. --the blowing fan, or the typical fan rotation direction. (other Q's were similar.)
I put the same answer that you did for the fan question.
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