wo people stand on different floors of an outdoor stairway. One is 5 m above the ground and the other is 10 m above the ground. The person on the lower floor throws a ball upward with a speed of 8 m/s and the other person just drops hers. Ignoring air resistance, which ball hits the ground at a higher speed? Question 10Answera.The one that is thrown upwardb.They both hit the ground with the same speedc.The one that is dropped
Question
wo people stand on different floors of an outdoor stairway. One is 5 m above the ground and the other is 10 m above the ground. The person on the lower floor throws a ball upward with a speed of 8 m/s and the other person just drops hers. Ignoring air resistance, which ball hits the ground at a higher speed? Question 10Answera.The one that is thrown upwardb.They both hit the ground with the same speedc.The one that is dropped
Solution
The ball that hits the ground at a higher speed is the one that is dropped. This is because, according to the laws of physics, specifically the law of gravity, all objects (regardless of their mass) fall to the ground at the same acceleration rate (approximately 9.8 m/s^2 on Earth), assuming there is no air resistance.
Here's the step-by-step explanation:
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The ball that is thrown upward will initially move against gravity, slowing down at a rate of 9.8 m/s^2 until it stops and then starts falling back to the ground.
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The ball that is dropped, however, immediately starts falling with the acceleration due to gravity.
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Therefore, the ball that is dropped will always hit the ground at a higher speed than the ball that is thrown upward, assuming they are dropped from the same height.
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However, in this case, the ball that is dropped is from a higher position (10m) than the ball that is thrown upward (5m). This means the dropped ball has more distance to accelerate due to gravity, and will therefore hit the ground at a higher speed than the ball that is thrown upward.
So, the answer is c. The one that is dropped.
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