An astronaut on a spacewalk accidentally drops a tool, and it floats away.Which of the following objects is exerting a gravitati
2 answers:
Gravitational force is given as
so here gravitational force will be given by above formula where the force between two objects depends on the mass of two objects and distance between them.
Now here since the tool is at finite distance from Astronaut and Moon, Sun, Earth
So all the above will exert gravitational force on the tool but the magnitude of force will be different as all of the above are of different masses and situated at different distance.
So all options are correct here
The Astronaut
The Moon
The Sun
The Earth
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Answer:
103.5 meters
Explanation:
Given that a stunt person has to jump from a bridge and land on a boat in the water 22.5 m below. The boat is cruising at a constant velocity of 48.3 m/s towards the bridge. The stunt person will jump up at 6.45 m/s as they leave the bridge.
The time the person will jump to a certain spot under the bridge can be calculated by using the formula below:
h = Ut + 1/2gt^2
since the person will fall under gravity, g = 9.8 m/s^2
Also, let assume that the person jump from rest, then, U = 0
Substitute h, U and g into the formula above
22.5 = 1/2 * 9.8 * t^2
22.5 = 4.9t^2
22.5 = 4.9t^2
t^2 = 22.5/4.9
t^2 = 4.59
t =
t = 2.143 seconds
From definition of speed,
speed = distance /time
Given that the boat is cruising at a constant velocity of 48.3 m/s towards the bridge, substitute the speed and the time to get the distance.
48.3 = distance / 2.143
distance = 48.3 * 2.143
distance = 103.5 m
Therefore, the boat should be 103.5m away from the bridge at the moment the stunt person jumps?