2006-06-08 16:15:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Well,If you dropped a brick from a plane could it kill?But then again a penny is smaller than a bullet and bullets can kill.It all relates to how fast something can move.When 2x4's are flung with tornados they can go through brick walls.So why couldn't a penny go through...lets say...a skull?
2006-06-08 16:19:10 · answer #1 · answered by whoputthebopinthebopshebopshebop 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
LOL Anvil.
Actually, you would be surprised at the answer. Gravity will create such a force for the penny, that it will gradually pick up speed on the way down. Theoretically, it could kill someone. However, the odds of a penny, actually hitting someone, is a million to one.
If you drop it from the empire state building, it would create a crator in the cement below, roughly 2 feet deep.
2006-06-08 23:24:33 · answer #2 · answered by WBS_99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Even from a tall building something that small can gain the momentum to cause severe damage and kill someone.
2006-06-08 23:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the verticle force would not kill someone, but the fact that the plane is travellign at hundreds of kilometers and hour would impart horizontal force great enough to kill someone
2006-06-08 23:18:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly, if they were looking skyward and it happened to strike them right in the eyeball, I'm sure it would enter the brain and strike them dead.
Why do you ask?
2006-06-08 23:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably -- if the penny was stuck to an anvil
2006-06-08 23:17:25 · answer #6 · answered by matt8_2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guess you've been watching much of Disney cartoons.
2006-06-08 23:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by !zenecherub! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i saw this on mythbusters..but it wasnt a plane..i believe it was the eiffal (sp) tower...and the myth was busted
2006-06-08 23:20:17 · answer #8 · answered by laura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... due to speed and gravity
2006-06-08 23:18:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly if you have really good aim.
2006-06-08 23:18:53 · answer #10 · answered by 2¢ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋