How long would it take to fall from the top of mount everest?

Question

I want a rough idea. It doesn't have to be specific, but I'm just incredibly curious.

Answer 1

Mt. Everest is 29,029ft

convert to meters...

29,029 ft * ( 12 inches / 1 ft ) = 348,348 in

348,348 in * ( 2.56 cm / 1 inch ) = 891,770.88 cm

891,770.88 cm is 8,917.71 m

gravity is 9.8 m/s  

8,917.71 m * ( 9.8m / 1s ) = 909.97 s

909.97 s * ( 1 min / 60 s ) = 15.17 min

==> it takes about 15 mins...

Answer 2

you would probably hit the side at some point, die, and roll the rest of the way ...so yeah

Answer 3

Well considering the height (bout 29,029ft), if you were to fall from the summit, (and this is only a 7th graders guess) it would prolly take less than 5 min... i think, since an object free falling would eventually enter terminal velocity going at for 120 mph till you go splat...

Hope it helped =D

Answer 4

You can't "fall from the top of Mt. Everest" for any significant distance. I suppose you could roll quite a ways, though.

Perhaps you meant "How long would it take to fall from a height equal to the top of Mt. Everest?" That one is easy to answer. The height of Mt. Everest is about 7 miles above sea level. Terminal velocity for a falling human (no parachute, et cetera) is about 120 mph. So the fall would take about three and a half minutes.