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WHen a wrecking ball hits a wall, it is usually moving at about 10 km/h, which is not very fast. How can this ball knock down a solid wall?
13 years ago

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DrBob222
The momentum is what does the dirty work. The speed is slow but mass x velocity is large since mass is large.
13 years ago

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