Okay, this has always been bothering me, because whoever I ask I get mixed responses.
Lets suppose you're in an elevator thats free falling from a the
(x) floor. Right before impact, if you were able to jump and get yourself suspended in air, will you avoid getting hurt? Or would you take damage once you land again?
I'm no physics expert nor have I ever really taken a course in physics (-.-) but someone told me about how the velocity at which the elevator is falling is proportional to yours and in order to actually get yourself suspended in air you have to jump at that same velocity or greater. My question here is, is that true?
2007-07-20
15:15:40
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Alex Z
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