COLLEGE PHYSICS
COLLEGE PHYSICS
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Chapter 7, Problem 73QAP
To determine

(a)

The momentum imparted to Earth by 300 million people, of an average mass of 65.0 kg, dropping from 1.00 m above the surface, assume no one bounces, if a friend suggests that if all the people in the United States dropped down from a 1 m-high table at the same time, Earth would move in a noticeable way?

To determine

(b)

What change in Earth's speed would result?

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