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Of Course Not!! If you drop say a feather... it takes sometimes a while... but if you drop a heavy thing water buckets it take shorter!
But that's because a feather drifts through the air, not because of its weight. If the only factor is gravity (no wind, no friction etc.), all objects fall at the same speed. So a penny and an elephant would hit the ground at the same time.
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How long does it it take an object of 4 kg to hit the ground considering another object with a mass of 2 kg took 3 seconds to hit the ground?
Assuming they were in a vacuum, if both objects were dropped from th esame height, then both take the same length of time to reach the ground. All masses fall with the same acceleration, reach the same speed in the same period of time, and hit the ground at the same time. Otherwise and if there is an atmosphere or if they are dropped from different heights, you have not presented information; shape and size are the most important factors.
What is meant by a regularly shaped object?
According to Euclidean geometry, that is an object where all the angles are the same and all the sides are the same length.
Is the total distance divided by the time taken an object's speed?
This will be true if the object moves with the same speed (a uniform speed) throughout all the time it is moving.If the object is a bus or train making stops along the way, total distance divided by the total time from a given point to another point is the average speed of the object for that interval.
Which object has all its faces the same shape?
A cube perhaps?
When does the mass of an object affect the time of its free fall?
Without air, it doesn't. All objects accelerate in free fall with the same acceleration.If they're dropped from the same height above the surface of the same planet at the same time, they hit the ground at the same time. If any difference is noticed,it's strictly the effect of air resistance. Try it in a tube from which the air has beenpumped out, and a feather and a bowling ball really do fall together.If there is an atmosphere thick enough to produce aerodynamic drag on the object in free fall, then a frictional force will develop in the opposite direction of the objects movement. Terminal velocity occurs when the reactionary drag force and the force due to gravity are in equilibrium. Since a more massive object with the same aerodynamic properties is driven by a greater force due to gravity, it will need to travel faster than a lighter object to acheive an equilibrium in the reactionary drag force. This means the more massive object achieves a higher terminal velocity and reaches the ground faster.If there is no air resistance, it doesn't. However, the size can alter the aerodynamics, providing more or less air resistance.
What affect would a vacuum have on falling objects?
All object fall at the same rate in a vacuum. If you drop a feather and a bowling ball at the same time in a vacuum, they would hit the ground at the same time.
How long does it it take an object of 4 kg to hit the ground considering another object with a mass of 2 kg took 3 seconds to hit the ground?
Assuming they were in a vacuum, if both objects were dropped from th esame height, then both take the same length of time to reach the ground. All masses fall with the same acceleration, reach the same speed in the same period of time, and hit the ground at the same time. Otherwise and if there is an atmosphere or if they are dropped from different heights, you have not presented information; shape and size are the most important factors.
Which would hit the ground first a heavy object or a light object?
If they don't have to plow through air on the way down, then yes. If they don't fall with the same acceleration and hit bottom at the same speed and the same time regardless of their weights, then it was air that interfered.
Feather a tennis ball and a bowling ball are dropped from a high tower on the moon's surface Which object hits the ground first?
Because the earth is bigger than both so they get pulled down with gravity at the same time
Do all objects not aided by the air fall to the ground at the same speed?
Yes all objects fall at the same speed but there are objects that are aided by the air that don't fall to the ground at the same speed. For example, a feather and a brick. A feather is a object that is aided by air. A brick is a object that wind cannot blow away. If I drop both of them down with the same time down a 100 feet building, then definitely the brick will totally reach the ground first ............ well and it will get crushed into pieces while the feather might be blown away into a different place and reach the ground last.:) :):):):):):):):):)
When do we say an object is in motion?
That is equivalent to saying that: * The object is moving, or * The object doesn't stay all the time in the same place.
What will hit the ground first a pencil or penny?
There are many factors that can affect the time for these objects to drop. The height at which each object is dropped is a factor since the height is proportional to time. if the height at which these objects are dropped are the same, then the time for them to drop to the floor is the same. Since the acceleration due to gravity at sea level is 9.81 m/s^2 for all objects no matter the mass, both objects will accelerate at the same rate which means they will reach the floor at the same rate. All in all, both the pencil and the penny will hit the ground at the same time.
How can you mathematically prove that two objects hit the ground at the same time?
The acceleration of gravity near the earth's surface is 9.8 meters/sec2 or 32.2 ft/sec2. That's it. That's the acceleration of any falling body, whether dropped from your hand or from the roof of a tall building. Knowing the acceleration and the height from which the object fell, it's easy to calculate how much time it takes the object to hit the ground. The time is t = sqr-root of (2H/g). H = the height, g = acceleration of gravity. No properties of the object appear in this formula. None of this discussion has anything to do with the mass, weight, shape, or composition of the object. They don't make any difference. If gravity is the only force on the object, then all objects fall at the same rate, and hit the ground at the same time if dropped from the same height.
How force of gravity varies if the mass of object is doubled?
Gravity exerts the same force on all objects. Barring air resistance, all objects fall to the ground at the same speed. (If you dropped a marble and a bowling ball simultaneously from the Empire state building, they will hit the ground at the same time) As Newtons third law states, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Therefore the mass being attracted toward a more massive object exerts a smaller pull on the more massive object. Therefore the pull of the smaller object will double in strength.
What has to happen to a object to be considered to be in motion?
That means that the object is moving - that it doesn't stay in the same place all the time.
Will the iron block and coin come to the ground in the absence of air with the same time is it true?
If they are all dropped at the same time from the same place and there is no air, then the iron block, a piece of tissue paper, a speck of dust, the leaf of a tree, a bird, a truck, and a parachute will all hit the ground at the same time.
Can you have not potential energy and all kinetic energy?
Yes, a falling object has only potential energy at its highest point at rest. The same object will also have all kinetic energy and no potential energy the instant just before striking the ground at its highest velocity at ground level.
