1. Tom Hickey, Jess Higgins, Matt Kim, Aarsh Sachdeva, Adit Patel
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Mr. Wedoff
3/18/11
Pringles Chip Testing
It took the USPS Small Flat Rate Box 1.18 seconds to fall 12 feet. Using the distance /
time=rate formula I am able to calculate the rate it took to fall.
12 feet / 1.18 seconds= 10.17 Ft/Second.
In addition to this, I took a video of me dropping the USPS Small Flat Rate Box from 12
feet twice, me throwing it against a brick wall twice, and me throwing it back and forth
between my sister and myself.
Newton's Second Law of motion states: A body of mass m subject to a net force F undergoes
an acceleration a that has the same direction as the force and a magnitude that is directly proportional
to the force and inversely proportional to the mass, i.e., F = ma. Alternatively, the total force applied on
a body is equal to the time derivative of linear momentum of the body.
I was unable to determine the mass of the package because I mailed it before I was able to
weigh it using a scale.
F=m*10/17 Ft/Second