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I fell 17 feet off of a roof. How fast was I traveling when I hit the ground?

Broke my back in three places just wondering my speed when I hit.


    




Max Bear 33
5 mph


magiccharm
Rating
At the time of impact your speed reduced to 0. Sorry I couldn't resist.


Jim B
The speed coming down doesn't really matter as much as the stopping at the bottom.

Hope you make a speedy recovery.


WWEr4life*
i cant estimate

so you'll have to set up a proportion

fall or get some1 to fall 5 feet(lets say they were going 2mph)

so 17 over X equals 5 over 2

5X = 34
X = 6.8

so from that you *possibly* travled 6.8mph...


hello
well, gravitational acceleration is 9.8m/s/s...

9.8 meters is about 33 feet, so less than 33 feet per second... perhaps


Jean D
Rating
Around 10 m/s (~22.5 mph).


Louis G
between 11 and 12 mph?


UCANTCME
Rating
I would say that it is closer to 14 to 16 mph.


Zarosky
It depends of your weight. I know there's a formula of physics for that, but I don't remember how it worked.





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