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    3. a man standing in an elevator 50 floors up and the cables and brakes fail, sending him to the bottom at high speed. --my question is, if just before hitting bottom he should jump up as high as possible, would he servive the crash?
    a man standing in an elevator 50 floors up and the cables and brakes fail, sending him to the bottom at high speed. --my question is, if just before hitting bottom he should jump up as high as possible, would he servive the crash?

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    +1  Views: 301 Answers: 4 Posted: 14 years ago
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      He should grab the bars in the elevator with both hands and stoop down.  So when the elevator hits the bottom, he will not be bounced to hit the ceiling of the elevator.  In this way, he has better chance to survive. 

      14 years ago. Rating: 5
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        Please don't try this at home LMAO

        14 years ago. Rating: 3
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          NO...

          14 years ago. Rating: 2
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            This is a relativity question, similar to when you jump in a moving train. You don't land relative to the ground, but relative to the train.

            14 years ago. Rating: 1
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