What would happen if an irresistable force hit an immovable object?

Answer 1

How many times must this stupid question be asked on Yahoo Answers?

i'll answer as if i was a retarded sea urchin, since that answer is all that this question deserves.

Heres the answer:

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there, i hope you're happy.

Edit:
to all you that thumbs down me or disagree, bring it on. If anyone tries to answer this question seriously, you're simply showing your ignorance of physics.There is no answer since the scenario is invalid in the first place.
My stupid answer is just as valid as your i'm-trying-to-sound-smart-
when-i-dont-understand-
how-reality-works
answer

Prof hambone: you have added another variable to the equation. You have answered a question that was not asked. You now have a total of THREE variables in your equation, and as such you are not answering this oh so retarded question. In fact, all of your examples involve more than the TWO variables that this question refers too.

Answer 2

Not a question.
Doesn't make sense.
An irresistible force cannot co-exist with an immovable object or by definition immovable object cannot be immovable or irresistible object cannot be irresistible.

Answer 3

I've heard this before and I've always assumed that the irresistable force would move to the immovable object and they'd stick together. There's nothing mentioned about the force being immovable.

ETA: Geez Beach_Bum!! Bitter much?!?! It's a hypothetical question...ever heard of a hypothetical question?? Maybe you should ask more questions in the Etiquette category? If the question offends you so much then ignore it and move on. Settle down.

Answer 4

ONCE AND FOR ALL, IS EVERYONE LISTENING??

Imagine, if you will, a billiard ball that is adjacent to another ball.

O OO

the 'O' on the left is the cue ball, and the two 'O's on the right are the two adjacent billiard balls.

take your pool cue and hit the cue ball toward the two adjacent billiard balls.

----------->O----------->OO

Consider that the "irresistable force" (any force that will not be stopped when met with resistance) is carried by the cue ball in the direction of the "immovable object" (in this case, the billiard ball on the left.

---------------------->O|OO

when the immovable billiard ball is struck by the irresistable force carried by the cue ball, the force will:

TRANSFER THROUGH THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT, LEAVING THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT UNMOVED.

this is illustrated by the fact that the billiard ball on the right will move off in the direction of the cue ball previous to the impact.

OO------->O

this same principle can be illustrated by croquet when you "send" another player's ball after coming in contact with it (the ball with your foot on it is the immovable object and the croquet mallet is the irresistable force) and with that delightful piece of desk art with the five balls on strings (when you release one of the balls on the end, it will strike the three balls in the center and send the 5th ball swinging off in the same direction, only to swing back and repeat the process)

Answer 5

Nothing - because in this universe there is no such thing as an irresistable force or an immovable object.

Answer 6

The immovable one will crumble at the feet of the irresistible one

Answer 7

well if the irresistable force (me!)...had hit an immovable object (my ex from years ago)...then the immovable object would still be...immovable...(and lucky for me...I am still...irresistable !!).....hehehe......hope this humour brightened up your day.....lol

Answer 8

A photon of countless potential is emitted. by using definition(s), the question itself is impossible (in any different case it outcomes in the respond above) A universe the place there is an immovable merchandise can not, by using definition, have an impossible to withstand tension, and vice-versa.

Answer 9

they would both stop, in fact technically, when anything hits anything they both stop!
tis true, If a truck hits a fly then for a tiny amount of time too small to measure, the glass of the windscreen takes the force of the impact and the area of the impact stops, as does the fly, but the small area of glass at the impact point then gets back to its normal shape in line with the rest of the windscreen and carries its motion forward, the fly's head at point of impact is soon met with its behind, causing a complete breakdown of the fly's body.... SPLAT! (which is the sound of the 2 bodies (windscreen and fly) 'contorting' at the point of impact)

Answer 10

Theoreticaly it could cause a huge kaboom, a quantum paradox. In reality there is nothing that is either irresistable or unmovable so it's a moot question