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A penny is dropped from rest from the top of the Empire State Building in New York City. Considering that the height of the building is 381 m and ignoring air resistance, find the speed with which the penny strikes the ground.

A penny is dropped from rest from the top of the Empire State Building in New York City. Considering that the height of the building is 381 m and ignoring air resistance, find the speed with which the penny strikes the ground.

from the top of the Empire State Building (1,250 feet, or any tall building of comparable height and controlling for wind) and it landed on a person below? How badly do you think the person would be injured? Would the person be killed?

Say I drop 2 identical pennies. One falls from 1 foot above my head, and the other falls from the Empire State building.
They both have the same acceleration due to gravity, but the one that falls from the building will kill me once it hits my head. How can they have the exact same force?

Is it really true that a person walking on the street would be killed if he were to be hit on the head by a penny dropped from the top of The Empire State Building?

Penny Drop
Myth: If you throw a penny from a tall building it will get going so fast that it will either imbed itself in the concrete below or hit someone in the head killing them.
Experts: Lydia Ruth-Empire State Building Manager-Said the myth probably originated with the Empire State Building. Also points out weather difficulties associated [...]

No the penny would be blown back up on the building by the winds . Check out Mythbusters they did a story on this.

your answer can be found here—>http://tafkac.org/faq2k/science_1.html

it’ll kill someone, provided it hits someone of course.

could it cut through a person?