would falling into rippling water hurt less than into calm water?

Subject: would falling into rippling water hurt less than into calm water?

Date: Thu Sep 22 13:36:20 2005
Posted by Jayashri Narayanan
Grade level: 10-12 School: State College Area High School
City: State College State/Province: PA Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1127421380.Ph

Message:


This is not a homework question. In my biology class on Wednesday we were
talking about surface tension and I asked "if someone jumped off a 50 story
building into pool of rippling water, would it hurt less than if the water was
calm? the other person who asked was my biology teacher. Please answer this
question!

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