if an object-a nickel for example- hits ur head from a height same as the empire state bldg,whats the damage?
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It depends on the object.  Tests with coins have measured velocities too low to cause signifcant damage to the average human head.\n\nTerminal velocity, in this case the maximum speed a falling object will reach, depends on the shape of the object, the accelleration, and the qualities of the atmosphere.\n\nWhen an object is dropped near earth, it accellerates towards the earth at about 32 ft/sec/sec.  It goes faster and faster until the frictional drag from the air, has a slowing effect equal to the speeding effect from gravity.  From that point on it will stay approximately the same speed.  A feather has a very low terminal velocity.  A crowbar has a much higher one.  Its all about friction in air.\n\nA penny dropped near a planet without an atmosphere would accellerate toward the planet, getting faster and faster until it hit.  This scenario could be deadly for the space-suited person in the way.\n\nWater falling has an additional complication in that the air drag changes the shape of the water droplet and that in turn affect the drag.  A water droplet's changing shape on impact also affects the damage it might do a person.
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Humans don't generally bounce, so I'm thinking that if you drop her off the top of a skyscraper, she's going to go splat like a tomato.  Maybe she'll bounce around 10-30 centimeters due to the "recoil" effect of her hitting the ground.  Don't kill your boss; just quit your job if you are thinking about it.
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It would never reach the street.  Even if you threw it horizontally as hard as you could it would not hit the street.  The lower floors of the building have setbacks, so the upper floors are set in quite a distance from the street.  It would land on the roof at least several stories up.
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Mythbusters did an episode about this. It is a myth. A penny's terminal velocity and mass is too small to kill a person.
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Depends on how hard you are going to be hit by one
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it causes deaths and damage
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enough to crush a human
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Could be a felony, depends on the extent of the injury.
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it will float up and hit u in the eye
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Bingo!!! You got it...air resistance.  If you dropped them in a total vacuum, they would both fall at the same rate.
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ok, well it depends on the container, what is in teh water, if teh container is filled with water to the top or if there is expansion room.  Also elevation, temperature and pressure (air pressrue) would have an impact because the container might just crack or explode
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You probably hit something.
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Apparently  it causes brain damage. The correct spelling is   states.
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If the only factor involved in this would be gravity, the bullet would come back down at the same speed as it went up. But since there are other factors (friction, air, etc), the bullet would come down with less speed than it went up.\n\nThe same would happen with the place where it was fired, it probably wouldnt land on the same spot, since other factors have an effect on the bullet trayectory.\n\nchech the link from digg and wait for the episode of Mythbusters where they solve this myth ...
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HIT WHAT? HIT BOTTOM?
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Only when struck directly to the skull
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if it's under 101 drink cold drinks if it is over 101 get to a doctor. if it gets too high it will cause brain damage