Question

In its first second of free fall, a dropped softball will fall a vertical distance of ______.

Answer 1

In its first second of free fall, a dropped softball will fall a vertical distance of 5m.

An object in free fall is falling freely with no forces acting on it except gravity, a defined constant, g = -9.8 m/s2. The distance an object falls, or its height, h, is equal to 1/2 gravity x the square of the time it falls.

And the equation is Distance travelled by an object falling for time : d=1\2gt^{2}.

if we place the values of we find that after one second, an object will have fallen a distance of 1/2 × 9.8 × 12 = 4.9 m which is approximately 5m.

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