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12 October, 10:21

You are sitting on a deck of your house surrounded by oak trees. You hear the sound of an acorn hitting the deck. You wonder if an acorn will do much damage if instead of the deck it hits your head. Let the mass of the acorn be 3.5 g. Suppose it drops from a height of 14 m (relative to your head). Assume that the acorn sinks in 0.50 cm of your head skin before coming to a stop.

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  1. 12 October, 11:00
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    Answer: 96N

    Explanation:

    To calculate the velocity of the impact On the persons head, we have

    h = gt²/2

    14 = 9.81t²/2

    t² = 28/9.8

    t² = 2.86

    t = 1.69s

    V = u + at

    V = 0 + 9.81*1.69

    V = 16.58m/s

    a (average) = (v1² + v2²) / 2Δy

    a (average) = 16.58² + 0) / 2 * 0.005

    a (average) = 274.8964/0.01

    a (average) = 27489.64m/s²

    Using newton's second law of motion,

    F (average) = m * a (average)

    F (average) = 0.0035 * 27489.64

    F (average) = 96.21N

    Therefore the force needed by the acorn to do much damage starts from 96N
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