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.

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Thank you!