what kind of box can I make to put an egg in and then drop it from the 4th floor of a building and the egg be protected enough not to break? also this box needs to be as cheap as posible.
2007-06-14 05:27:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Put marshmallows in a plastic jar like a peanut butter jar. then about half way put the egg in. then put more marshmallows.
IT NEEDS TO BE PACKED.
no room for ANYTHING to move around
2007-06-14 05:31:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The point of this exercise is not to be succesful in not breaking an egg. The point is to make YOU think and come up with some creative ideas. Sure, packing is a cool way to do it, but what about some advance parachute type idea that slows the descent or maybe a propeller that ensures your egg falls in a certain orientation. If you don't have limits, maybe you could design a bungee type system with a breakaway. so it seems like it is only falling from a few feet instead of 40'.
2007-06-14 06:15:21 · answer #2 · answered by El Gigante 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen someone throw a container with an egg in it down as hard as they could from the 4th floor balcony, and the egg stayed intact.
They used a 2-liter pop bottle with the egg in the exact center surrounded by cotton balls. It was very tightly packed. There may have been more in there, but I don't remember.
2007-06-14 05:35:50 · answer #3 · answered by Math Stud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a firm foam pillow and a coffee can and cut sections of the pillow apart to fill the coffee can perfectly wall to wall top to bottom, and then hollow out th e3-4 inner most layers to put the egg in and then let it drop... the can will be beat, but the egg will be fine... and if your not too sure of that then attach a shopping bag with some string and you got a cheap parachute lol
2007-06-14 05:32:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first boil the egg and leave the shell on then put the newspaper on but not too tight then cut the string in half and wrap the 1.5 meters around the news paper to where it will hold and tie the ends of it then take the straws and put the other half of string through them tie the ends of the straw to the other string and at the top of the straws (i hope u understand) the straws and extra string will look cool
2016-04-01 07:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop it anyway you want, it is very difficult to break the fourth floor (especially considering that buildings are generally made of concrete).
;)
2007-06-14 05:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by Hawk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it in the box, tie a piece of string to it and drop it slowly
2007-06-14 08:07:04 · answer #7 · answered by Chin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a mid size box with a bunch of bubble wrap all around the egg tightly..
2007-06-14 05:34:27 · answer #8 · answered by becca9892003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd use a lot of wadded up newspaper ☺
Doug
2007-06-14 05:31:00 · answer #9 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a cat carry it.
2007-06-14 05:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by Raven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋