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What would happen if you dropped a penny off the Empire State Building and it made it to the ground?
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∙ 11y ago
If you drop a penny off the Empire State Building, it falls at its own terminal velocity after falling about 200+ metres (that's a guess but it's around 200). A penny's terminal velocity is roughly half of a falling person's terminal velocity. A falling skydiver will reach a maximum of around 130mph, so a penny will fall at approximately 65mph.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe penny would hit the ground. In all likelihood, neither the cement sidewalk nor the penny would be significantly damaged. The air resistance would slow the penny down too much for it to cause damage.
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∙ 13y agoIt would continue falling until it touched the ground - or something else that stopped its fall.
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∙ 16y agoFriction due to air resistance.
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