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From: bmg@mck-csc.UUCP (Bernard M. Gunther)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: re: HELP! Real life physics problem.
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:38:07 EST
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> 	I have a small physics problem for all you net.physics.pudits out
> there. I have an assignment to drop a brick and an egg in a shoebox out
> of a two story window onto a sidewalk. The egg must not break (of course), and

> [	-John Kalucki @ Physics Research @ Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ	    ]
> [	...!ihnp4!charm!kalucki				^^^		    ]

I've never tried this, but if you filled the box with water and re-inforced
the box so that it wouldn't break upon impact, the egg should survive just
fine.  The compressability of water is extremely low.

Bernie Gunther