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If you throw a ball and drop a ball at the same time which will hit the ground first and why?
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∙ 14y ago
They would hit the ground at the same time.
Unless their size and therefore their wind resistance/friction differed, weight would have no bearing on their rate of descent. For the classic example, Google "tower of pisa" gravity.
i.e. http://www.jimloy.com/physics/galileo.htm
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agoAssuming they have they same aerodynamic values, that is they are they same shape and same size they will hit the ground at the same time. Weight has nothing to do with it, only wind resistance does. Gravity's force is constant. No matter the weight it is 9.8 meters per second. The pull of gravity is the same on the Bowling ball as on the tennis ball. You can take a cannon ball and a bowling ball, of the same size and they will fall at the same speed and hit the ground at the same time even though the bowling ball only weighs 7 pounds and the cannonball weighs 50 pounds.
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∙ 12y agoA bowling ball due to its weight (incorrect).... For the most part, In a vacuum all objects fall at the same rate; however, even without being in a vacuum, since both objects (in this case), are spheres, they will hit at relatively the same time. As per exact calculations, there would be minor differences because of the crevices in the soccer ball and the finger holes of the bowling ball.
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∙ 14y agoLet's talk about vectors. These are mathematical objects that have both magnitude and direction. Here we have two kinds of vectors in place.
One of them is dropping the ball--a single-direction vector. The acceleration is that of gravity, or 32 m/sec2. So far so good.
The other, the throwing of the ball, is a two-direction vector. To understand this vector, know that a force can overpower another force--you couldn't pick anything up if that were not the case. There's nothing magical about gravity; it is just another force. When you throw the ball, two forces work on it. One is the force from your arm, the other the force of gravity.
A practical example: Randy Johnson is on the mound. Sammy Sosa is at the plate. Sammy hits the ball badly and it kinda bounces across the field. Randy runs off the mound, grabs the ball, and throws it to second base, picking off the runner who's going there. He throws the ball about 110 feet and it takes half a second to get to second base. The ball could reach the outfielders easily enough, and it would take maybe half a second more; if he dropped the ball and it took one second to reach the ground, he would have to be 32 feet high. Randy Johnson's a big man but not that big. If a thrown ball hit the ground at exactly the same time as a dropped one, not only would the runner be safe at second but it would be impossible to play Baseball at all!
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∙ 15y agoThey would hit the ground at the same time.
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∙ 15y agoAt the same time
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If you drop a paper clip and a ball witch will touch the ground first?
if you don't take air resistance into account then they both will hit at the same time. P.S. which not witch
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Yes they will
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How could Aristotle's hypothesis be supported or disproved?
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How does the drop height of a ball affect the number on time it will bounce?
it differs because the weight and height you throw it at differs making the force that it hits the ground differ which obviously will differ how much it goes up
