Physics Textbooks vs. Reality

Physics Textbooks vs. Reality
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Physics textbooks really living in their own reality! This problem casually describes a woman falling 44 meters (about 14 stories!), crushing a metal box by half a meter, and then just... walking away fine? And they want you to calculate the acceleration like it's a normal Tuesday. The skull emoji is the only reasonable response to this madness.

For the curious nerds: If she survived without injury, the ventilator box must have created the perfect deceleration to prevent fatal g-forces. But in reality, this kind of fall would result in approximately 100% more death than the problem suggests.

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