GROWN UPS 2 PHYSICS MISTAKES Description of Scene In Grown Ups 2, Adam Sandlers character Lenny Feder, who is hosting

a 1980`s themed party, and his cohorts, get into a fight with the local frat house. The fight began because the frat house thinks Lenny and his friends vandalised it with spray paint. After a brief confrontation, where the frat house belittles the towns resident`s, a fight ensues. During the fight one of the frat house boys attacks Officer Fluzoo, a 7 foot 1 inch police officer. Officer Fluzoo grabs the frat boy and throws him a considerable distance. Above is the link to the video where Officer Fluzoo throws the frat boy. Analysis. The calculations that will be conducted are to prove whether a human being could apply the amount of force necessary to throw another human like Officer Fluzoo did. To find the force applied I will need to find the acceleration the frat boy experiences as he moves through the air. When a projectile (the frat boy) is thrown through the air it follows the curved path of a parabola. The parabola is the objects trajectory. A trajectory has two components, a vertical component (Y) and a horizontal component (X).To find the acceleration of the frat boy we will have to analyze both components. Below is a picture which may better illustrate the two parts of a projectile trajectory.

Vertical (Y) Component The Vertical (Y) component of a parabola is the vertical component or the red arrows in the above picture. The vertical component of a parabola has five variables, which we either already have or need to find to fulfill the calculations. Acceleration: The symbol for acceleration is .The vertical components acceleration is influenced by gravity. Gravity exerts a downward force of 9.8 . This means that as the object moves upward its slowing down at rate of 9.8 and as it heads toward the ground its acceleration is increasing at 9.8 . Initial Velocity: The symbol for Initial Velocity is .The initial velocity of an object for the Y component is 0 meters/second. In the scene you can see that the frat boy is not moving as he is thrown off the ground. Final Velocity: The symbol for Final velocity is .This variable needs to be found. We will use a uniform accelerated motion formula to find the final velocity. Change in Time: The symbol for change in time is where the triangle means change in, so means change in time. After watching the scene the frat boy was in the air for a full three seconds. This means that the change in time is three seconds. Change in distance: The symbol for change in distance is . In the vertical component the is how high the frat boy was off the

ground at his apex, or the top of his trajectory. The value for this variable is an estimate of 10 meters. I estimated this because the frat boy was thrown over the house and after comparing the height of the house, plus the people on the ground, to his height I came to the conclusion he was roughly 10 meters off the ground. Horizontal (X) Component The horizontal (X) component is the distance he is thrown, either forward or back. In this case he was thrown forward. In the horizontal component velocity is a constant, which means it never changes. The horizontal component is represented as the blue arrows in the image above. The horizontal component has 3 variables, which are below. Velocity: The symbol for velocity is . The velocity is measured in meters/second and is the variable we need to find. Change in Time: As stated above the symbol for change in time is . Time is the same in both the horizontal and vertical components, therefore time is 3 seconds. Change in Distance: Again, the symbol for change in distance is . The change in distance for the horizontal component is how far he travels forward, which is an estimate for this calculation. I estimated that the frat boy landed 40 meters away from where he was thrown. I came to this estimation after comparing the distance to the pool and using my own judgment of distances. Overall these are the variables we know for each component;

Horizontal (X)

Vertical (Y)

Equations The calculation below is to find the missing velocity variable in the horizontal (X) component. Givens

Based on this calculation we can determine that the frat boy was travelling at 13 meters/second throughout the horizontal component.

The equation below is a uniform accelerated motion equation. Of the five to choose from I used this equation because I had all the variables needed to solve for the missing ones. The other uniform accelerated motion equations required acceleration or final velocity, which I didnt have. In this equation we will solve for acceleration. Givens

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This calculation shows that the frat boy landed at a final velocity of 14 meters/second. Using his final velocity and his initial velocity we can now find the acceleration, which we need to find force.

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Throughout the frat boys trajectory he had accelerated at . Now that we have the acceleration of the frat boy we can find the force it would have taken to throw the frat boy for that trajectory. In this case the force is equal to applied force. Applied force is the force applied when you are pulling or pushing on an object and this is the only force being acted upon the frat boy. The equation to find applied force is We have already calculated the acceleration and the mass of the frat boy is 195 pounds1. I decided that the weight of the frat boy is 195 pounds because that is the average weight for a twenty year old man in America. This is an accurate representation of the frat boys weight because this movie takes place in the United States of America and the frat boy is in college, or around twenty years old. To find force the mass has to be in kilograms not pounds. In 1 pound there is 2.2 kilograms so;

1 "Fast Stats Body Measurments." Center for Disease Control. Center for Disease Control, n.d. Web. 15 Jan 2014. <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm>.

The frat boys weight in kilograms is 89 kilograms. Below is the calculation to find the applied force. Givens

This equation shows that if you were to throw the 195 pound man the same way that Officer Fluzoo the whim it would require 410 Newtons of force. This is impossible to do because it is anatomically impossible to exert that much force to throw the frat boy at that trajectory. Based on this calculation it proves that Grown Ups 2 did not apply the rule of physics to this scene. The sources of error in this calculation are estimation errors. My estimations of distance, height and weight may be inaccurate, which would produce inaccurate answers. Another error is with the calculations. We used many calculations to figure out the force applied. There were equations for the horizontal variable, the vertical variable, acceleration and force applied. Throughout

all of these equations there was room for mistake and a calculation error may occur. Evaluation Even though Grown Ups 2 did not use proper physics in this scene it was still an effective scene. Grown Ups 2 is a comedy film and they are trying to draw laughs and make the viewer enjoy their time and this scene was effective at that, drawing laughs and being funny, because it showed Officer Fluzoo, a very large man, throw an average man like a doll. In the context of the movie and what the movie aimed for this scene was exciting. This scene could have better physics by having Officer Fluzoo throw the frat boy a smaller distance. The distance that was shown was impossible, but other distances arent, and the directors could have used one those distance. The movie could have also showed another fighting moved instead of a throw. Officer Fluzoo is 71 and the director could have used his height for other moves like smothering or lifting the frat boy above his head and dropping him. These are my thoughts on how the movie could be changed to make the physics correct.