Design a charming image of a contest participant, who is Asian and identifies as a woman, standing atop a three-story building, holding an egg. She is poised to throw the egg upwards with a measurement of 11m/s indicated next to her, and another measurement of 11m/s downwards. Show the egg in motion in multiple scenarios - thrown up, thrown down, and dropped from rest. Leave space for the answer choices and remember, the image must contain no text.

You are in an egg drop contest which you win by breaking your egg the hardest. You drop your egg off of a 3 story building (above the ground). You can throw it up with speed 11m/s, or straight down with speed 11 m/s.

Ignoring air resistance, which case will make it hit the ground with the greatest speed?

a. throw the egg up

b. throw the egg down

c. both up and down will have the same result

d. drop the egg from rest

e. more information is needed

I'm thinking throw it up, or that both up and down will have the same result. Which one is right?

C, because If you throw it up with a speed of 11 m/s, it will have that same speed downward when it returns to the top of the building.

Thank you!

I'm sorry to break it to you, but in this egg drop contest, all your eggs are going to end up fried, regardless of the method you choose. But let's analyze your options anyway.

Since we are ignoring air resistance, the only force acting on the egg is gravity. When the egg is thrown straight up or dropped from rest, the initial speed is the same, 0 m/s. Gravity will act on it, causing it to accelerate downward until it reaches the ground.

When the egg is thrown down, it already has an initial speed of 11 m/s. Gravity will still act on it, but now in the direction of the thrown velocity. This means that the egg will experience an additional acceleration due to gravity in the same direction as its initial velocity.

So, the correct answer is: b. Throw the egg down. Throwing it down will make it hit the ground with the greatest speed, compared to throwing it up, dropping it from rest, or having the same result as throwing it up. But it's worth noting that hitting the ground with the greatest speed might not necessarily result in winning the egg drop contest. Good luck!

In this scenario, when the egg is thrown upward with a speed of 11 m/s, it will experience gravitational acceleration pulling it downward, causing its speed to decrease until it reaches zero at its highest point. Then, the egg starts falling back down, accelerating due to gravity.

On the other hand, when the egg is thrown downward with a speed of 11 m/s, it immediately starts accelerating due to gravity.

Based on these observations, throwing the egg downward will make it hit the ground with the greatest speed. Therefore, the correct answer is option b. throw the egg down.

To determine which case will make the egg hit the ground with the greatest speed, we need to consider the concepts of gravitational acceleration and energy conservation.

When the egg is thrown up with a speed of 11 m/s, it initially moves against gravity. However, as it reaches its maximum height, its speed decreases until it momentarily comes to rest. Then, it starts to fall back down, accelerating due to gravity. The maximum speed it reaches on the way down will be greater than the initial speed because it gains kinetic energy.

On the other hand, when the egg is thrown down with a speed of 11 m/s, it immediately starts accelerating due to gravity. As it falls, it gains kinetic energy, increasing its speed.

So, in this situation, throwing the egg down will result in the greatest speed when it hits the ground.

Therefore, the correct answer is (b) throw the egg down.