another question about physics
 

since posting about physics is cool today, and I have wondered this for a while.

It is a punching fight. One guy has more momentum, the other guy has more energy but has lower momentum in his punches. Whose punch will hurt more?

Re: another question about physics
 

For pity's sake, SMP!

PLEASE!

Re: another question about physics
 

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Whose punch will hurt more?


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Only the punch that strikes you, there is no proof for sympathetic pain.

Re: another question about physics
 

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since posting about physics is cool today, and I have wondered this for a while.

It is a punching fight. One guy has more momentum, the other guy has more energy but has lower momentum in his punches. Whose punch will hurt more?

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If by "lower" you mean "in the nuts", yea, that one.

Re: another question about physics
 

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since posting about physics is cool today, and I have wondered this for a while.

It is a punching fight. One guy has more momentum, the other guy has more energy but has lower momentum in his punches. Whose punch will hurt more?

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"Hurt" depends more on force, or dP/dt. The greater momentum will 'hurt' more.


Josh

Re: another question about physics
 

Don't different methods of punching transfer different amounts of energy to the target? Thus, there is insufficient information to answer this.