Question

A 500 g ball and a 200 g ball are dropped from a tower. Both balls are the same size and there is no air resistance. When do they hit the ground? The 200 g mass hits the ground first. They both hit the ground at the same time. The 500 g mass hits the ground first.

Answer 1

Answer:

They both hit the ground at the same time.

Explanation:

if you drop a 100 g and 200 g mass simultaneously from the same height they’ll hit the ground at the same time.

Yes, there is a role of a very simple equation of kinematics i.e.

s=ut+1/2(at^2)

so, s means the height is the same for both masses(h), u(initial velocity) is obviously zero cause you are dropping it, a (acceleration) is due to the gravity here only ‘g’.

time is taken for a particular object to hit the ground,

t= (2h/g)^1/2 .

We can see that there is no term for the mass of objects, meanwhile, the mass of the object has nothing to do with the time taken in hitting the ground in this case.