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Hello! We've begun a new project in our Physics class, and the objective is to walk on eggs with shoes designed by each group. My problem is designing the shoes. I have learned that we need to increase the surface area of the shoes to reduce the pressure, but I don't know of any ideas on how to construct the shoes. We also have the following guidelines:
1. We cannot use prefabricated shoes.
2. No wood, metal, or glass in the shoes.
3. The shoes will have a maximum thickness of 10 cm (with no one standing on them)
4. The shoes can make contact only with the eggs, not the cartons.
We also receive more points for having the lightest shoe and/or having the person with the greatest mass walking on the eggs. (the largest member of our group is 240 lbs, if that can help in ideas)
I'm simply in need of ideas, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
1. We cannot use prefabricated shoes.
2. No wood, metal, or glass in the shoes.
3. The shoes will have a maximum thickness of 10 cm (with no one standing on them)
4. The shoes can make contact only with the eggs, not the cartons.
We also receive more points for having the lightest shoe and/or having the person with the greatest mass walking on the eggs. (the largest member of our group is 240 lbs, if that can help in ideas)
I'm simply in need of ideas, and any help would be greatly appreciated.