All categories

3 years ago

Why doesn’t a heavy object accelerate more than a light object when they are free falling

1 answer:

6 0

I like to think of it this way:

... Gravity pulls on heavy objects with more force than light objects.
(That's why they're "heavy".)

... Heavy objects are the ones with more mass. Light objects are the ones with less mass.

... Gravity is pulling on more mass with more force, and on less mass with less force.

... But from Newton's 2nd law of motion, we know that it takes more force to accelerate more mass, and less force to accelerate less mass.
That's exactly what gravity is doing. So the heavy object with more mass, and the light object with less mass, wind up with the same acceleration.

There you go. With zero math !

You might be interested in

a Porsche 911 accelerates from rest to 27 metre per second due north in 5.8 seconds the mass of the car is 1400 kg what is the m

user100 [1]

Answer:

The average force has a magnitude 6524 N due north.

Explanation:

The average net force F = ma where m = mass of car = 1400 kg and a = acceleration.

a = (v - u)/t where u = initial velocity of car = 0 m/s (since it starts from rest)

v = final velocity of car = 27 m/s due north and t = time of motion = 5.8 s

a = (27 m/s - 0 m/s)/5.8 s = 27 m/s ÷ 5.8 s = 4.66 m/s

Since the direction of the velocity change is the direction of the acceleration, the acceleration is 4.66 m/s due north.

The average force, F = ma = 1400 kg × 4.66 m/s = 6524 N

Since the acceleration is due north, the average force takes the direction of the acceleration.

So the direction of the average force is due north

The average force has a magnitude 6524 N due north.

7 0

3 years ago

In your own words, explain how Doppler radar works. Describe the properties of electromagnetic waves and interactions that make

lisov135 [29]

If you stand up in a big room and echo, your voice will echo from the walls. As long as the room is empty. Since the speed of sound is constant, depending on air density, the more humid the air the faster and farther sound travels. The speed of sound is constant, you could measure the time it takes for your voice to echo off the walls. The same thing happens with Doppler radar, but it’s not voice, it has higher frequency signals.

6 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

A truck accelerating at 0.0083 meters/second2 covers a distance of 5.8 × 104 meters. If the truck's mass is 7,000 kilograms, wha

anygoal [31]

F = m*a = 7000kg * 9.8N/kg = 68,600 N.

68,600 N is your answer

3 0

3 years ago

A 20 liter cylinder of helium at a pressure of 150 atm and a temperature of 27ÁC is used to fill a balloon at 1.00 atm and 37ÁC.

djyliett [7]

Answer

D) 3100 Liters

Explanation

To get the volume if the balloon you need to use the combined equation of the low of gases.

P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂

(20×150)/(27+273) = (1×V₂)/(37+273)

3000/300 = V₂/310

10 = V₂/310

V₂ = 10 × 310

= 3100 Liters

7 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

List the three types of symbiotic relationships. For each type of symbiotic relationship, explain how the two organisms are affe

Virty [35]

The three major types of symbiosis are mutualism, where both species benefit, commensalism, where one species benefits and the other is unaffected, and parasitism, where one species benefits and the other is harmed. Symbiotic relationships can occur within an organism's body or outside of it. Examples of mutualism include the relationship between single-celled organisms or animals that incorporate algae into their bodies. They give the algae necessary nutrients, and in return receive chemical energy from the photosynthetic algae. Animals that have this sort of relationship include some sponges, sea anemones and clams. Examples of commensalism include remora fish attaching to the bodies of sharks and eating scraps of food that escape their jaws, and barnacles living on the jaws of whales with a similar feeding strategy. Plants have commensal relationships as well, such as many orchids that grow on taller plants and benefit from the additional sunlight they obtain, without actually stealing nutrients from the host plant. Parasitic relationships are many, and parasites include all disease-causing organisms. This category also includes insects such as fleas that suck the blood of hosts externally. Parasitism is a very efficient strategy for organisms, and parasites often lose many of the features of non-parasitic life forms, instead relying on their hosts for many of the functions of life.

5 0

3 years ago