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Exercises - Free Fall

All objects accelerate downward at 9.8 m/s^2 due to gravity when air resistance is negligible. Equations of motion for free fall include: final velocity = initial velocity + acceleration * time; final velocity^2 = initial velocity^2 + 2*acceleration*distance; and distance = initial velocity * time + 1/2*acceleration*time^2. Examples show these equations used to calculate time, velocity, distance, and height for objects in free fall situations.

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Exercises - Free Fall

All objects accelerate downward at 9.8 m/s^2 due to gravity when air resistance is negligible. Equations of motion for free fall include: final velocity = initial velocity + acceleration * time; final velocity^2 = initial velocity^2 + 2*acceleration*distance; and distance = initial velocity * time + 1/2*acceleration*time^2. Examples show these equations used to calculate time, velocity, distance, and height for objects in free fall situations.

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Conclusion

• All objects accelerate downward at a certain constant rate. That rate is called the free
fall acceleration and its magnitude is “g” which is independent of the objects mass,
density or shape i.e. all object would fall at the same acceleration “g” provided that
effects of air resistance are eliminated.

Solving problems related with free fall


In solving problems related with free fall; pls. remember the following:
§Once the object leaves your hand and before it comes back, it is under the
influence of free fall acceleration “g”.
§Always substitute “g” by – 9.8 m/sec2. because it points downward towards the
center of the earth
§ Equations of motion are:
vf = vi + gt → (1)
vf 2 = vi2 + 2 gy → (2)
y = vi t + ½ gt2 → (3)

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Throwing a ball downward

Let the ball be thrown downward instead of being


dropped.
§It will have a starting velocity different from zero.
§It will reach the ground more rapidly.
§It will have a larger velocity when it reaches the
ground.
Example 1:
A player tosses a ball up along the Y-axis, with an initial speed equal to 12
m/sec.
(a) How long does it take for the ball to reach the maximum height?
The ball would reach the maximum height, when its final velocity becomes zero.
vi is the speed with which the ball was thrown

vf = vi + gt
Zero = 12 + (-9.81 t)
t= 1.22 sec.

(b) What is the ball’s maximum height?


vf 2 = vi2 + 2 gy
Zero = 144 – 2 × 9.81 × y
y= 7.35 m.

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Problem 2
A man is falling from a 48 m height building with zero initial velocity

(a) How long does he take to reach the surface of the ground?
Ans. 3.1 seconds

(b) Find his position after each second “for three seconds”
Ans. -4.9 m, -19.6m, -44.1 m.

(c) What was his velocity as he reached the ground?


Ans. – 31 m/sec.

(d) What was his velocity at each count of one full second “for three seconds”
Ans. -9.8 m/sec. , - 19.6 m/sec. , -29.4 m/sec.
§Problem 3:
§A penny is dropped from the Eiffel Tower and hits the ground in 9.0 s. How far is it
to the ground.
Ans. 396.9 m

§Problem 4:
A steel ball is dropped from a diving platform (with an initial velocity of zero).
a. What is the velocity of the ball 0.8 seconds after its release?
b. What is its velocity 1.6 seconds after its release?
c. How far does it fall in the first 1.6 seconds of its release?
Ans.
a) 7,84 m/s,
b) -15.68 m/s,
c) -12.54 m

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