Recent content by Theatre_Kid

Thank you, both for the welcome and the answer. Is there a way to know the stopping distance? I get that concrete would be shorter than wood or foam, but is there a property (density? hardness) of a given material that would let me know how to calculate that, or something I just make an...

Mostly for self interest: If I drop a 1lb weight from 15 ft (5m), what does it weigh when it hits the floor. If I have a 10lb weight and it drops from the same 5m shelf, does it weigh 10 times as much as my 1 lb weight from the 1st question? I may have the wrong terminology, but basically the...