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Gravity and free fall
In Wikipedia it's stated that "[..] gravity, is the natural phenomenon by which physical bodies appear to attract each other with a force proportional to their masses".
Then I found many examples ...
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when an object moves downward, is its height negative?
the question is:
A ball is thrown directly downward with an initial speed of 8.00m/s from a height of 30.0m. After what time interval does it strike the ground.
so i went through the problem and ...
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Why is the time taken for something to fall proprtional to acceleration due to gravity?
This is a continuation of this question.
I saw in a piece of writing (that I no longer seem to be able to aquire) on dimensional analysis that:
$$t \propto h^\frac{1}{2} g^\frac{-1}{2}.$$
How can ...
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Free falling of object with no air resistance
Why does an object with smaller mass hits the ground at same time compared to object with greater mass? I understand the acceleration due to gravity of earth will be same but won't the object with ...
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Don't heavier objects actually fall faster because they exert their own gravity?
The common understanding is that, setting air resistance aside, all objects dropped to Earth fall at the same rate. This is often demonstrated through the thought experiment of cutting a large object ...
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Would it help if you jump inside a free falling elevator?
Imagine you're trapped inside a free falling elevator. Would you decrease your impact impulse by jumping during the fall? When?
