A Surprising Demonstration Involves Dropping an Egg from a Third-Floor

question 34

Short Answer

A surprising demonstration involves dropping an egg from a third-floor window to land on a foam-rubber pad 2 in (5 cm) thick without breaking. If a 56-gram egg falls 12 m, and the foam pad stops the egg in 6.25 ms, by how much is the pad compressed?

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Definitions:

FMV

Fair Market Value is an estimate of the market value of a property or asset, based on what a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured buyer would likely pay to a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured seller.

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Business Assets

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Bulldozer

A heavy, tractor-like vehicle with a large, metal plate used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, or other such material during construction or conversion work.