What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity?
1 answer:
It is the acceleration of an object in free fall
Explanation:
When an object is in free fall, it is subjected only to one force: the force of gravity, which pulls the object downward, with a magnitude (near the Earth's surface) which is given by
where
m is the mass of the object
is the acceleration due to gravity
We can apply Newton's second law to the object in free fall:
where
F is the net force on the object
a is the acceleration of the object
m is the mass
However, since there is only the force of gravity acting on the object, the net force is equal to the force of gravity: so we can equate the two equations, obtaining that
Which means that the acceleration of an object in free fall (acted upon the force of gravity only) is equal to the acceleration due to gravity, .
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Answer:
The impact occured at a distance of 2478.585 meters from the person.
Explanation:
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<em>A person, with his ear to the ground, sees a huge stone strike the concrete pavement. A moment later two sounds are heard from the impact: one travels in the air and the other in the concrete, and they are 6.4 seconds apart. How far away did the impact occur? (Sound speed in the air: 343 meters per second, sound speed in concrete: 3000 meters per second)</em>
Sound is a manifestation of mechanical waves, which needs a medium to propagate themselves. Depending on the material, sound will take more or less time to travel a given distance. From statement, we know this time difference between air and concrete (), in seconds:
(1)
Where:
- Time spent by the sound in concrete, in seconds.
- Time spent by the sound in the air, in seconds.
By suposing that sound travels the same distance and at constant speed in both materials, we have the following expression:
(2)
Where:
- Speed of the sound in concrete, in meters per second.
- Speed of the sound in the air, in meters per second.
- Distance traveled by the sound, in meters.
If we know that ,
and
, then the distance travelled by the sound is:
The impact occured at a distance of 2478.585 meters from the person.