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Posted by Micheal on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 3:39pm.

WHen a wrecking ball hits a wall, it is usually moving at about 10 km/h, which is not very fast. How can this ball knock down a solid wall?

Science - DrBob222, Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 3:45pm
The momentum is what does the dirty work. The speed is slow but mass x velocity is large since mass is large.

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