pooping on top of Mt.Everest vs in your basement, which is faster?

Probably covered already, but time is slower on Mt. Everest than at sea level.

 

The distance from the center of the earth is not enough to affect the speed, the thickness of the air, however, will cause everest poop to fall faster.

 

Does pooping on an airplane happen faster than in a Subway train? Food for thought.

 

Girls don't poop.

 

Does the theory of relativity apply to poop? Anyone want to volunteer to try it out?

 

i was calculating this but got lost when doing the string theory calculations, :-/..

 

Wouldn't your butthole freeze up in Mt. Everest so therefore, it will never come out so therefore, basement is faster.

 

Lack of quantum physicists ITT

 

This question can easily be solved conceptually with the understanding of how distance affects the force of gravity, but I will solve it out completely to find the exact value of the acceleration due to gravity at the top of Mt. Everest.





Let's start off by using Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation:

gravitation force = (G*m1*m2) / (r^2)

where G is the universal gravitational constant, m1 is the mass of the turd, m2 is the mass of the Earth, and r is the distance from the center of Earth to the top of Mt. Everest.

Because the gravitation force is equal to weight of the turd, and weight = mass times acceleration due to gravity, we can insert (m1*g) into our equation:

m1*g = (G*m1*m2) / (r^2)

The "m1"s will cancel out from both sides, leaving us with:

g = (G*m2) / (r^2)

Now we can substitute in the values for our variables. G = 6.673 × 10^-11 (m^3) / (kg*s^2). A quick Google search turns up that the mass of the Earth = 5.9742 x 10^24 kilograms, and the distance from the center of Earth to the top of Mt. Everest is approximately 6.3817 x 10^6 meters.

g = (6.673 × 10^-11)(5.9742 x 10^24) / (6.3817 x 10^6)^2

g = 9.78877 m/s^2 (acceleration due to gravity at the top of Mt. Everest)

The accepted value for acceleration due to gravity at sea level is equal to 9.80665 m/s^2.

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In conclusion, if we are to ignore air resistance and other factors that might affect the turd in free fall (as mandated by the OP), your twin's turd at ground level will reach the ground faster due to its greater acceleration (9.80665 vs. 9.78877 m/s^2).

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The difference in impact times can easily be calculated if the distance between the anus and the ground is provided.

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

LOL. The twin wins!

 

I remember from that "Everest: Beyond the Limit" show that your digestive system shuts down and doesn't even work at that high altitude.

 

You've got that backwards. Time moves slower when you're closer to the center of the gravitational potential. So in this case, time moves faster on Mt. Everest than at sea level.

 

LOL at the scientific trolling in this thread. Well done.

Air pressure and general relativity arguments in particular.

 

This might be the greatest post in the history of clutchfans.

 

You can't assume this, though. Less atmosphere leads to less air resistence, making the mountain poop a little bit faster. Is that faster than the increased magnitude of gravity at sea level? I dunno.

 

Its a good analysis except I think you need to factor in that when you are standing on top of Everest you are not just floating in mid air above a smooth sphere of the Earth. The mass of Everest itself affects the local gravity of being on top of Everest.

 

Gravitational force is higher when you are nearer to sea level.

 

No it does not, this is why you weigh less at altitude. I know this because they have all those stupid scales you have to pay 25 cents to use at all the tourist spots in colorado.