what happens when an unstoppable object hits an unmovable object?

Question

surely something has to give. BTW both objects are of equal weight and mass

Answer 1

i agree with mookvey. thats what i would have said

there is some things you must understand about physics. every object is stoppable.

an object in motion stays in motion until a force acts upon it. an object at rest stays at rest until a force acts upon it.

there will always be forces acting on the "unstoppable" object. the object will have to come to a stop no matter what eventaully because there is no force to keep it going. this object depending on how it is moving will experience some kind of force no matter what. it will experience drag in the air and friction if it is on the ground and will eventually come to a stop because unless there is a continuos amount of force to keep it moving it will stop due to other forces acting against its movement. therefore unstoppable is not an accurate description of the object. the same applies for the unmovable object. no matter what the object will be movable. if this object is somehow secrured to the ground with enough force it will be able to be unsecured from the ground or removed. therefore it would be moved. therefore unmovable is not an active description of the object.

now lets pretened that somehow the objects are unmovable or unstoppable. they are the same mass. and the unstoppable object hits the unmovable one. well hold on........if the objects were unstoppable and unmovable then......wait that goes against everything because if the object were really unstoppable it wouldn't stop and plow through the unmovable object. but that would mean the unmovable object would have to move........i think you get the idea

Answer 2

I came up with the semi-sensible answer that 'the immovable object moves and the unstoppable object stops' quite a long time ago - I've since found out the real answer and I'm sorry to say that the fault is in the question.

If the universe contained an unstoppable force there could be NO immovable objects - and if there was an immovable object there could be no unstoppable force! They're mutually exclusive. Saying they have the same weight and mass doesn't put it in the realm of a physical hypothesis I'm afraid.

Answer 3

If the object is having weight and mass same than
there will not effect on unmovable object and unstoppable object will go in some different direction and have velocity increased........as per nuton's third law...

Answer 4

The unstoppable object stops, the unmovable object moves.

Answer 5

The unstoppable object will bounce or ricoquet off the unmovable object.

Answer 6

for an object to be unstoppable and unmovable, both its mass must be very big as the bigger the mass, the greater the inertia, close to infinity.

the paradox starts here, how do u start to move an object whose mass is close to infinity?

Answer 7

There are no such things as unstoppable mass and unmovable mass. Even if the moving one has a loooootttt of momentum, it WILL transfer that momentum to the "unmovable" object and make it move.

Answer 8

Demnity nearly got it. The unstoppable object keeps going and the immovable object stays where it is

Answer 9

if an object has a weight and mass then it is physically impossible for it to be "unstoppable". the same goes for "unmovable".

Answer 10

nicely there's no unstoppable merchandise all issues whilst hit with some thing it quite is shown to offer up it. it is going to offer up and gravity will pull it to the floor there for there's no such factor as an unstoppable merchandise.