what would you do before you hit the ground
2006-12-09 05:11:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
take off your shirt & use as a parachute. But unless very tall building you won't have time, and unless landing in water, probably won't help. This might be enough to save you if you fall from an airplane
into water or deep snow.
2006-12-09 05:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by warren_d_smith31 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the building were high enough, you start falling slowly, accelerate at 32 ft/sec/sec (9.8m/s/s) until you reached terminal velocity. This depends on your mass and shape (spheres reach the highest terminal velocity).
Then you'd go splat as you hit the ground. Bits of you might bounce up againand fall back to the ground.
If the building were close enough to deep water, you dive in and resurface, which would be a much better outcome for you.
2006-12-09 05:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Land feet-first with weight of body slightly foward, knees bent, legs braced , arms out, prepared to roll upon impact. If you have any chance of surviving at all, this would be the best posture to take. Depending on the ground, survival from multi-story falls is possible.
2006-12-09 06:50:27 · answer #3 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the height of the building. Two maybe three stories I've got a chance to survive. If it was a high rise, I'd have time to aim myself at a passer by. Not to break my fall, just because it would be a cool storie for my victims family to tell.
2006-12-09 05:26:11 · answer #4 · answered by STAN 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i may well be greater petrified of the empire state construction purely because of the fact which you could form of expertise it already (you smashing against the concrete) The waterfall might in all likelihood kill you the quickest because of the fact all it takes is a bang to the pinnacle and you are going to be able to die.,yet once you reside on the cascades then the plunge into the water might kill because of the fact its like hitting concrete aswell! yet nonetheless i might say the empire state construction is scarier for you and additionally for the human beings around who see it because of the fact they may well be scared too!
2016-10-18 00:46:00 · answer #5 · answered by mulry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably be hollering like hell and flailing away with my arms...and conclusively prove once and for all whether it's possible for a human to fly.
2006-12-09 05:21:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would try a triple back with a full twist on the third revolution.
2006-12-09 05:17:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think oh! its not the fall that's bad its the sudden stop at the end.
2006-12-09 05:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by campmor 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What kind of retarted question is that?! I'd look for something to break my fall, like a bush.
2006-12-09 05:14:28 · answer #9 · answered by emjackson95 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Now that I would have some spare time, I would start reading a book.
2006-12-09 05:21:39 · answer #10 · answered by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋