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If you fall down an escalator going up, do you ever stop falling?
If you fall down an escalator going up, do you ever stop falling?
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If you fall down a long flight of stairs, can you stop before hitting bottom?Jupiter60 said:
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Normally, people fall faster than the escalator is moving up.
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Khashishi said:
Are you quoting from a database of escalator fall dynamics?
Seriously, have studies been done to establish " normally " for this case?