# Formula wanted for how far you can jump off a building?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-wanted-for-how-far-you-can-jump-off-a-building/197468>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-wanted-for-how-far-you-can-jump-off-a-building/197468 "2003-08-25T05:52:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-wanted-for-how-far-you-can-jump-off-a-building/197468/21 "2003-08-31T23:40:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by don’t ask \*  
> \*\*I meant to add - he can experiment on a diving tower. He’ll find he can jump out about as far as he can on dry land and that won’t be 25 feet. \*\*

I believe that the higher board is about four stories tall, so comparing it to a 20-story building isn’t valid. But someone jumping off a diving tower **could** go farther than on dry land.

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**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-wanted-for-how-far-you-can-jump-off-a-building/197468/22 "2003-09-01T01:08:29Z")

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I believe the ACME company offers Slingshots capable of propelling humans. Or at least coyotes.

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**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-wanted-for-how-far-you-can-jump-off-a-building/197468/23 "2003-09-01T07:01:01Z")

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Could he sprint hard enough, in an excess of zeal, to land on the other side of the pool by mistake? How wide is the pool, how many fps to clear it?

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**Author:** ![Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beryl_Mooncalf_1)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-wanted-for-how-far-you-can-jump-off-a-building/197468/24 "2003-09-01T10:47:57Z")

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No, don’t go with Acme, get the Binford Model 1920, it has more power.

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