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Wow...thanks to everybody for their input! I really appreciate the excellent explanations given, and it certainly has given me 'food for thought'. I did think that there was not enough information to give an exact answer, and so I was correct in that respect, even though I got the units of...

Thanks for the reply tiny-tim. This problem was given to me as I'm the only person in the company with any physics qualification...an a level 20 years ago! Basically, one of my team is trying to deduce (estimate?) What the minimium distance a 5.6kg object could be dropped from a stationary...

First Post..hopefully of many! I have to work out the minimum distance a 5.6KG object can fall vertically to 'acheive a force' of 12KG when the object hits the ground. I have no other information and really need some help! P.S. I am not a scientist, simply a confused manager needing a...