Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site mck-csc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!pesnta!amd!amdcad!lll-crg!seismo!harvard!think!mck-csc!bmg From: bmg@mck-csc.UUCP (Bernard M. Gunther) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: re: HELP! Real life physics problem. Message-ID: <159@mck-csc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:38:07 EST Article-I.D.: mck-csc.159 Posted: Tue Nov 5 11:38:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 05:20:31 EST References: <773@charm.UUCP> Organization: McKinsey & Company, Cambridge Systems Center Lines: 12 > 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