BusyBee427
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In my Physics class, we are doing a project as a semester test. For the project, we have to design a way to keep an egg safe and undamaged after dropping it from a height of 24 meters. I have made a design that is sure to work, for I have tested it out many times, but that is not all we have to do. We also need to right a two page essay on impact (almost finished), draw diagrams (done), and do calculations to show WHY the design works. I can't find the equations to do so. My design is a plastic bowl with a height of 15 cm (the sides are at 15.75 cm), the top (lid) has a 17 cm diameter, and the bottom a 13 cm diameter. I'm not sure what it weighs yet, but it is a light plastic margarine container, cotton lining the inside, with nylons stretched from one 'corner' to the other, holding an egg in the middle, so it does not weigh much at all. The distance from the dropping point to the ground is 24 meters. How do I plug these numbers into an equation (and what equation) to calculate the impact? If you could, I would appreciate it if it was working out with the variable w for weight. Thank you =]