Question

If two balls are dropped from the same height, but one has four times the mass of the other when reaching the floor the ball with the four times the mass will have only half the speed of the other (disregard the air resistance).TrueFalse

Answer 1

False

Explanation

A free falling object is an object that is falling under the sole influence of gravity.

Step 1

a) Diagram

Step 2

now, for the free fall with have the formula

$\begin{gathered} v_f=v_i+at \\ where \\ v_fi\text{s the final velocity} \\ v_{i\text{ }}\text{ is the initial velocity} \\ \text{t is the time} \end{gathered}$

we can see that in the formula there is not mass, so the final velocity does not depend on the mass ,it depends on the initial velocity , the time and the acceleration of gravity, ( also the heigth), so both balls will have the same final velocity, therefore

False

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