Have you ever thought about dropping a coin (say a quarter) off of a huge skyscraper (lets say the Empire State Building)
What would be the speed of that coin travellig down the huge building, and to make it more interesting what would happen if it hit a pedestrian at such a speed. Do you think it could injure the person?
It seems hard for such small object to hit someone, but its not impossible since theres so many people walking around there.
What would be the speed of that coin travellig down the huge building, and to make it more interesting what would happen if it hit a pedestrian at such a speed. Do you think it could injure the person?
It seems hard for such small object to hit someone, but its not impossible since theres so many people walking around there.
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Since gravity would apply the coin would drop @ a rate of 9.8 meters per second
If we knew the height of the Empire State Building then the speed the coin would travel would be the weight of the coin times 9.8 meters per second contingent on how many meters tall the building is less the effect of friction from the air
If left unabated the coin would be like a bullet and travel through the skull of a person with some degree of certainty and would slow down by the friction of a body and deflect upon striking the hard bone of the skeleton.
Death would most likely be a certainty, and injury would be a certainty.
If we knew the height of the Empire State Building then the speed the coin would travel would be the weight of the coin times 9.8 meters per second contingent on how many meters tall the building is less the effect of friction from the air
If left unabated the coin would be like a bullet and travel through the skull of a person with some degree of certainty and would slow down by the friction of a body and deflect upon striking the hard bone of the skeleton.
Death would most likely be a certainty, and injury would be a certainty.