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Free Fall

The document discusses an object in free fall, where the only force acting upon it is gravity. Free fall occurs when an object is falling solely under the influence of gravity and is not affected by other forces like air resistance. Examples provided include objects or items being dropped from varying heights.

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Free Fall

The document discusses an object in free fall, where the only force acting upon it is gravity. Free fall occurs when an object is falling solely under the influence of gravity and is not affected by other forces like air resistance. Examples provided include objects or items being dropped from varying heights.

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An object that the

only force acting on Mr. P

it is gravity

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Gravity accelerates all objects down regardless if they are going
up, going down, stopped, or going sideways. An object that the
only force acting on it is gravity is in
Free Fall.

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An object is in free fall if the only force acting on it is gravity,
doesn’t happen though, near surface of earth there is air resistance!

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An airplane can simulate free fall
by flying in a parabolic path

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All freely falling objects
accelerate at 9.81 m/s2 near the
surface of the earth
2
a  9.81 m / s
a  g
All are pulled down at the same
rate regardless of their mass and
direction of motion.
( Ignoring air resistance )
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Which falls faster without
air resistance?

Without air resistance With air resistance


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Galileo dropped a
cannonball and a musket ball
simultaneously from a tower, and
observed that they both hit the
ground at the same time. This
contradicted Aristotle's long-
accepted idea that heavier
objects fell faster.

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To solve free fall
problems use the
kinematic equations and:
1. a = -9.8 m/s2
2. Dropped let vi =0
3. At top let vf =0

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All of the following are in free fall, on the way
down, up, or sideways

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EXAMPLE:
An apple falls from rest from a tree and
takes 1.5 seconds to reach the floor:
a) How high up did it fall from?
b) What is its velocity just before it hits the ground?

a = - 9.81 m/s2
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An object falls from a high building.
Ignoring air resistance, what will its
velocity be after 6 seconds of falling?

An object falls from a high building.


Ignoring air resistance, How high
is the building?

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An object falls from the Transco Tower
in Houston and takes 15 seconds to
reach the ground.
A.What is its velocity at impact if air
resistance is ignored?
B.How tall is the building?

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Wil-E-Coyote drops a bowling ball off
a cliff to try to catch the Roadrunner.
The cliff is 132m high.
A. How long does it take the ball to fall
to the ground?
B. What is its impact velocity?

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Billy drops a watermelon from the
high dive at the pool. The diving board
is 3m above the water’s surface.
How long was the watermelon falling?
.
How fast was the watermelon going
right before it hit the water?

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