uluser Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 If I would hit wall(with fist) very very hard (I mean with strength drastically greater than human can possess) and that wall wouldn't crush would I move backward (like few meters backward or other noticable distance) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yes. A collision where you stick to the target is called completely inelastic. In any other collision there will be a recoil of some sort, separating the two bodies that are colliding. The important quantity here is momentum (mass x velocity, making it a vector). If there is no net external force, momentum will be conserved. A wall is very massive (or effectively so, as it's attached to the earth), so you would recoil backwards in any collision that is not completely elastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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