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    Undergrad Trying to reconstruct an accident

    This is a mental exercise for back-of-the-napkin calculations, nothing more. It is certainly not going to be used for anything other than a brief sanity check. What other information do you need? I have gravity, which is constant, the height, and the distance. Here are some more numbers. The...
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    Undergrad Trying to reconstruct an accident

    Hello all, Here's the data I have - Initial Elevation : 0 feet Final elevation: -25 feet Distance from roadway: 55 feet Assuming the tree that was hit didn't lessen the velocity, and the vehicle didn't bounce, what would the velocity have been at the time the vehicle left the roadway...