Man, boat, brick
December 17th, 2009
I set a little Fermi Problem for students yesterday – with the promise of a prize for the best written argument which answers these questions.
I’ll be judging the entries tonight and deciding on prizes in time for the last day of term. I might even publish the best entries here, but meanwhile, you can read an earlier version of this exercise (which was a slightly different problem) here and my solution to it is here (click to see it full size):
Categories: Advanced Higher Physics, Higher Physics, Standard Grade Physics | Tags: boat, brick, Fermi, Physics, problem
you didn’t take any account of the drag of the water on the boat, but i am very impressed. the speed makes a lot more sense than mine did.
this is fun, got any more!
missed decimal place in brick vs my weight. speed should be 0.2 mph. all the best ian