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What would happen if when falling down you get pushed up?

I know it will be a weird question, but im not a physics well informed person and I had this unsolved question for long time. What would happen if lets say you are falling with someone else from ...
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How do elastic collisions theoretically exist in gravity?

If we have a ball with a mass of 1kg, to keep it simple, and we drop it from a 9.8m height, it will travel 9.8m/s at its fastest, and its entire journey would take 1 second. In a perfectly closed ...
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What is more harmful in a car crash - restrciting movement or allowing some movement to reduce g-force?

Sorry if I haven't worded the title very well, feel free to improve. Let me explain before I ask my question... We have purchased a car carrier (small version) for our dog and also purchased some ...
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Gravity and force

I have a question and am not able to answer it. Suppose you drop two objects from different heights. They are exactly the same shape, size and weight. Now we know that the gravitational acceleration ...
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Would it help if you jump inside a free falling elevator?

Imagine you're trapped inside a free falling elevator. Would you decrease your impact impulse by jumping during the fall? When?
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