Not going to try, just curious. My co-workers think that I will travel about 10 feet then begin to fall straight down. I think I will travel at an angle all the way to splat.
Thanks
2006-10-13 05:57:07 · 13 answers · asked by hauchinango 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Not going to try, just curious. With a running start. My co-workers think that I will travel about 10 feet then begin to fall straight down. I think I will travel at an angle all the way to splat.
2006-10-13 06:04:56 · update #1
Depends on the jumping angle. If your angle is more horizontal, then you will travel a further horizontal distance. If the angle is more vertical, you will travel less horizontally.
Hope this helps
2006-10-13 05:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by JSAM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the way you jump. The moment you hurl yourself down you will have two components of velocity. The horizontal and the vertical. Vertical component will come entirely due to gravity. You will start your decent both in the horizontal and vertical directions. By the time you land you may have traveled about 5 to 8ft horizontally. What you think is right. You will travel such that displacement takes place in both directions.
2006-10-13 06:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the initial hrizontal velocity. The vertical velocity
(varying) is decided by the gravitational force (which will normally accelerate you at 9.81m/s/s or 32'/s/s. This assumes that the fall is free.
Assuming the height of the 30 floors to be about 120m and your intial speed as 0.5 m/s, you will fall at a horizontal distance of about 2.5 m(8.2'). The equations of motion with zero air resistance can be used to arrive at the approximate answer.
2006-10-13 06:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by r_ravoori 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your co-workers are quite correct. Unless you have sufficient momentum, you won't hit the ground at an angle. And unless you have some super-duper micro jet propulsion engine attached to you, you won't get that much momentum. However, if you consider wind speed, you might hit the ground at an angle.
2006-10-13 06:01:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Physics man. All depends on how much force you jump laterally with, how much drag/wind, etc. It can be calculated, but not answered accurately without more info. Note that you would eventually fall straight down. Maybe not within 30' if you jumped like hell.
2006-10-13 05:59:55 · answer #5 · answered by fricka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as you can jump from standing on the floor, just over a much greater vertical distance.
2006-10-13 05:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by Nick W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 06:32:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on a lot of things. wind speed/resistance/direction and how fast you were moving forward to begin with. also you can alter, somewhat, where you land during mid-fall.
2006-10-13 06:00:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't say anything about giving yourself any horizontal velocity, so in that case you not travel horizontally.
2006-10-13 06:02:47 · answer #9 · answered by sojsail 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your co-worker is correct.
2006-10-13 05:59:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋