Answer:
The length of her shadow is changing at the rate -2 m/s
Explanation:
Let the height oh the street light, h = 22 ft
Let the height of the woman, w = 5.5 ft
Horizontal distance to the street light = l
length of shadow = x
h/w = (l + x)/x
22/5.5 = (l + x)/x
4x = l + x
3x = l
x = 1/3 l
taking the derivative with respect to t of both sides
dx/dt = 1/3 dl/dt
dl/dt = -6 ft/sec ( since the woman is walking towards the street light, the value of l is decreasing with time)
dx/dt = 1/3 * (-6)
dx/dt = -2 m/s
No because they could be different materials for example one could be concrete and one could be aluminium
<h2>Right answer: acceleration due to gravity is always the same </h2><h2 />
According to the experiments done and currently verified, in vacuum (this means there is not air or any fluid), all objects in free fall experience the same acceleration, which is <u>the acceleration of gravity</u>.
Now, in this case we are on Earth, so the gravity value is
Note the objects experience the acceleration of gravity regardless of their mass.
Nevertheless, on Earth we have air, hence <u>air resistance</u>, so the afirmation <em>"Free fall is a situation in which the only force acting upon an object is gravity" </em>is not completely true on Earth, unless the following condition is fulfiled:
If the air resistance is <u>too small</u> that we can approximate it to <u>zero</u> in the calculations, then in free fall the objects will accelerate downwards at
and hit the ground at approximately the same time.
Basically it is the difference in velocity divided by the time it takes to make that change.