Which describes an object’s speed in free fall?

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Answer 1

Answer: "Free fall" is the motion of an object when gravity is the ONLY force
acting on it.

In true 'free fall' the speed of an object increases at a constant rate
for the total duration of the fall. The rate of increase, on or near the
Earth's surface, is 9.8 meters per second for each second of fall.

True free fall is almost impossible to observe in everyday life, because
whenever we see anything falling, it's almost always falling through air,
so gravity is NOT the only force acting on it. The friction due to the
motion through air works against the gravitational force. In many cases,
the result is that the object's speed eventually stops increasing and
becomes constant, at a speed often described with the faux technical,
high-fallutin' sounding phrase "terminal velocity". It must be understood
that 'terminal velocity' is NOT a property of gravity or of free fall, but is
only a result of falling through some surrounding stuff that interferes with
the process of true 'free fall'.

Answer 2

Answer: An objects falling speed will increase until it is at what is called terminal velocity, meaning it can't go any faster, it will stay at the same speed, until it hits the ground.

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If it takes 50n of force to lift a 450n what is the ma of the machine

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If the machine is 100% efficient, then its
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You throw a rock out of a 7th story window. you time that it takes 3.7 seconds to hit the ground, and measure that it hit the ground 115 m from the base of the building? How fast must you have thrown the rock?
How high up must the 7th floor be?
If you had thrown it at the same speed but at the 28th floor, how far from the base of the building would it land?

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1) 31.1 m/s

The rock has been thrown straight out of the window: its motion on the horizontal direction is simply a uniform motion, with constant speed $v$ , because no forces act in the horizontal direction. The speed in a uniform motion is given by

$v=(S)/(t)$

where S is the distance traveled and t the time taken.

In this case, the distance by the rock before hitting the ground is $S=115 m$ and the time taken is $t=3.7 s$ , so the initial speed is given by

$v=(115 m)/(3.7 s)=31.1 m/s$

2) 67.1 m

In this part of the problem we are only interested in the vertical motion of the rock. The vertical motion is a uniformly accelerated motion, with constant acceleration $a=9.8 m/s^2$ (acceleration of gravity) towards the ground. In a uniformly accelerated motion, the distance traveled by the object is given by

$S=(1)/(2)at^2$

where t is the time. Substituting a=9.8 m/s^2 and t=3.7 s, we can find S, the vertical distance covered by the rock, which corresponds to the height of the 7th floor:

$S=(1)/(2)(9.8 m/s^2)(3.7 s)^2=67.1 m$

3) 230.1 m

The height of the 7th floor is 67.1 m. So we can assume that the height of each floor is

$h=(67.1 m)/(7)=9.6 m$

And so, the height of the 28th floor is

$h=28\cdot 9.6 m=268.8 m$

We can find the total time of the fall in this case by using the same formula of the previous part:

$S=(1)/(2)at^2$

In this case, S=268.8 m, so we can re-arrange the formula to find t

$t=\sqrt{(2S)/(g)}=\sqrt{(2(268.8 m))/(9.8 m/s^2)}=7.4 s$

And now we can consider the motion of the rock on the horizontal direction: we know that the rock travels at a constant speed of v=31.1 m/s, so the distance traveled is

$S=vt=(31.1 m/s)(7.4 s)=230.1 m$

And this is how far from the building the rock lands.

speed = distance/time taken
115/3.7 =31.08m/s^2

What does a reference point provide

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to check progress and direction

A ball rolls along the floor with a constant velocity of 6 m/s. How far will it have gone after 50 seconds?

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Answer:

300 m

Explanation:

The ball moves with constant velocity, so the distance it covers is given by:

$d=vt$

where

v=6 m/s is the ball's velocity

t=50 s is the time

Substituting these numbers into the equation, we find

$d=(6 m/s)(50 s)=300 m$

6 m/s * 50s = 300 m assuming no friction or air resistance

Julie's psychologist helped her get over her fear of spiders. Which goal of psychology has the phycologist met ?

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The four goals of psychology are: describe observed phenomena, explain them, predict what may occur as a result of them and control behaviour as a result. Julie’s psychologist has helped Julie control her behaviour - her fear response to spiders - so they have met the ‘control behaviour’ goal of psychology.

Answer:

C.control

Explanation:

You own a high speed digital camera that can take a picture every 0.5 seconds. You decide to take a picture every 0.5 seconds of your physics teacher as she drops a watermelon off the top of the school. After you develop and analyze the pictures, you realize that the distance the watermelon falls from the teacher in each new picture isA) the same in each picture.
B) gradually less in each picture.
C) gradually more in each picture.
D) proportional to the mass of the watermelon.

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-- There is no need to develop the pictures. They are available immediately in a digital camera.

-- There is no change in the teacher from one picture to the next.

-- The distance the watermelon falls from the teacher in each new picture is more in each picture than in the picture before it. (C)

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