True or false???

Question

Is it true that when you run, you get hit by rain more than just walking at a moderate pace. why is that your answer?

Answer 1

I don't believe that that question can be answered because there are too many variables to answer true or false.

Imagine a room, shaped like a cube. For every inch of height, depth and width, it has a little blue dot--like a 3D piece of graph paper. Will you hit more dots if you walk or run across the room? Even if the dots were falling, each whole column would have moved so that each dot is within 1 inch of where a dot would be if they weren't falling.

You will hit exactly the same number of dots whether you walk or run, as long as you take the same path and go the same distance, right?

But rain is nothing like that room. Sometimes the wind is blowing from in front, sometimes from behind. Depending on the size of the drops, they may be coming down very, very fast, very slowly, and obviously, there will be different amounts of water falling in the same spot from moment to moment in a rainstorm. Some of the drops will be hitting you from in front, some from above, or behind.

Sheesh, I just don't think it's possible to determine that "Yes, you will get wetter" (or stay drier) "by running 50 meters through the rain than by walking."

Answer 2

True. When you're running you're moving horizontally while the rain is moving vertically, thereby creating a situation in which you are actually collecting raindrops. On the other hand, when walking the drops are just randomly hitting you.

Answer 3

You are hit by all the raindrops that would occupy the same space you occupy, at the same time. If you knew how fast the drops were falling, you could calculate the number. The runner hits more drops per second but spends fewer seconds. The driest person is running as fast as he can in the same direction and speed as the wind.

Answer 4

yes. assuming the rain is falling in a straight line, when you run, you're crossing the plane of more rain drops than if you just walked of stood still.

Answer 5

True because of the ur relative speed to the rain.

Answer 6

its been proven scientifically that its better to WALK in the rain and NOT run because you will get wetter. read the book; 'HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING'

Answer 7

False. When you run, you have fewer exposure to rain.

Answer 8

Can't you just run between the drops?

Answer 9

yes, because the aliens dont like it when you run to try and escape their little experiments

Answer 10

false