A single brick falls with acceleration g. The reason a double brick falls with the same acceleration is

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2 answers:

rewona [7]4 years ago

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EVERYTHING falls with the same acceleration near the earth's surface.

I thought about this for many years. I finally understood WHY, and here's the way I like to explain it:

-- It takes MORE FORCE to accelerate a larger mass, and LESS FORCE to accelerate a smaller mass.

-- But guess what ! Gravity exerts MORE FORCE on a larger mass, and LESS FORCE on a smaller mass.

So everything averages out, and the acceleration is always the same, no matter what's falling.

To say it just a little bit differently:

-- A larger mass NEEDS more force to accelerate, but it GETS more force from gravity.

-- A smaller mass NEEDS less force to accelerate, but it GETS less force from gravity.

So everything averages out, and the acceleration is always the same, no matter what's falling.

LekaFEV [45]4 years ago

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The reason is because the force due to the acceleration from gravity is constant. It's the same as the typical "dropping a bowling ball and feather (with no air resistance) at the same time". Gravity acts on all object with the same acceleration regardless of physical properties.

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Resistors 1 and 2− R1 = 50 Ω , R2 = 90 Ω − are connected in series to a 6.0-V battery. Part APart complete What is the potential

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Answer:

Part A: The voltage across resistor R1 is approximately $\rm 2.1 \; V$ .

Part B: When the value of resistor R1 decreases, the current in this circuit will increase.

Part C: When the value of resistor R1 decreases, the voltage across resistor R1 will decrease.

Explanation:

Resistor R1 and and R2 are connected in series. That's equivalent to a single resistor of $R_1 + R_2 = 50 + 90 = 140\; \Omega$ . The voltage across the two resistor, combined, is equal to $\rm 6\; V$ . Hence by Ohm's Law, the current through the circuit will be equal to $\rm \dfrac{6\; V}{140\; \Omega} = \dfrac{3}{70}\; A$ .

These two resistors are connected in series. The voltage across each of them might differ. However, the current through each of them should both be equal to the current through the circuit. In this case, the current through both R1 and R2 should be equal to $\rm \dfrac{3}{70}\; A$ . Apply Ohm's Law (again) to find the voltage across R1:

$V = I \cdot R = \dfrac{3}{70} \times 50 \approx \rm 2.1\; V$ .

Since the equivalent resistance is equal to $R_1 + R_2$ , when the value of $R_1$ decreases, the equivalent resistance will also decrease. By Ohm's Law, $I = \dfrac{V}{R}$ . When the value of the denominator ( decreases, the value of the quotient, $I$ the current through the circuit, will increase.

Keep in mind that if two resistors are connected in series,

$I(R_1) = I(\text{Circuit}) = I(R_2)$ .

The resistance of R1 decreases, while the current through it increases. Applying Ohm's Law on R1 won't give much useful information. However, since the resistance of R2 stays the same, the voltage across it will increase when its current increases (again by Ohm's Law.)

Again, since the two resistors are connected in series,

$V(R_1) + V(R_2) = V(\text{Circuit}) = \rm 6 \; V$ ,