And it's all to do with finding your pancake's 'pivot point'. She explains that for the pancake's motion to change, a net force must act on it. This reflects Newton's first law of motion, that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion. 'Flicking the pan upward, we push the pancake with an upward net force and acceleration,' she continues. You need to find your pancake's 'pivot point' – the axis around which it rotates.

Source: Daily Mail February 17, 2026 12:25 UTC