E: 27/05 Win a Stanley Impact Driver (tool for removing screws)

The_Plush_Doormat

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1: If a vehicle is travelling at 50mph and collides with another travelling at the same speed from the opposite direction, what is the impact speed?
50mph
100mph (THANKS TO TRUFFEL'S HUBBY AND VWCAMPERVAN)
150mph


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vwcampervan72

Id say 100 mph..............

truffel

My husband said 100mph too (then laughed at me for having to ask)

vwcampervan72

I dont know ive had a read and it MIGHT be 50 lol

comping_cat

vwcampervan72 wrote: »

I dont know ive had a read and it MIGHT be 50 lol

Depending what you read on google, it could be 50 or 100!!!

The_Plush_Doormat

Ok now had a google and wiki answers has this to say:

At the point of impact neither car is travelling so the correct answer is nil/mph.
The question really should be "if two cars travelling in opposite direction at 50 mph collide what is the combined impact speed" The answer then is 100 mph

I will leave the answer at 100mph until someone proves otherwise

comping_cat

This is the one that says 50 http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html. (in a round about way)

Trouble is, its late and nothing makes sense at the moment!

Tia_Maria06

hmmm, I clicked submit and there is an error message saying

Page not Found!

404 Error - Page Not found
Why am I seeing this error?

• The page no longer exists
• The page is under construction
• The address you entered may have been mistyped
• The page may have been moved

The_Plush_Doormat

comping_cat wrote: »

This is the one that says 50 http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html. (in a round about way)

Trouble is, its late and nothing makes sense at the moment!

Eeeeeek what is he going about? I cant make head nor tail of it. Is he saying 50 or 100? Blimey I thought I could talk for England, he beats me hands down I give up - compers decide for yourselves

Tia - I think the form will sort itself out when the older comps (end today) are moved. CB always have teething troubles when they first put up the comps.

dizzybee

I got the same message too.

DaisyBella_2

comping_cat wrote: »

This is the one that says 50 http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html. (in a round about way)

Trouble is, its late and nothing makes sense at the moment!

No I think this article is saying the answer for 2 vehicles colliding at 50km/h is creating an impact velocity of 100km/h. However, the author is just clarifiying that 2 vechicles hitting each other at 50km/h (creating an impact velocity of 100km/h) is not the same as 1 vehicle hitting a brick wall at 100km/h.

Therefore in my professional opinion as a mum of three currently on maternity leave and suffering from occasional bouts of 'placenta-brain' - I believe the answer is correct at 100.