Galileo showed that all bodies fall at the same speed under gravity. He performed his experiments assuming air resistance is ignored.
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Galileo
That all bodies-no matter what the shape or weight-would fall at the same speed
That all bodies-no matter what the shape or weight-would fall at the same speed
Galileo Galilei, an Italian scientist, is credited with the discovery that heavy and light bodies of the same substance fall at the same speed in a vacuum. He conducted experiments to demonstrate this principle of free fall.
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Galileo Galilei is reported (see addendum) to have dropped a ten-pound weight and a one-pound weight off the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and proved that both fall at the same speed. Of course, a more general principle was being demonstrated, the fact that objects of any weight fall at the same speed (with the same acceleration, actually). Does this experiment fit the bill? Does it, in fact, prove that objects of any weight fall with the same speed or acceleration?
both will fall at the same time
all things fall at the same speed
Yes, in the absence of air resistance or other external factors, all bodies would fall at the same rate regardless of their masses. This phenomenon is known as the equivalence principle and was famously demonstrated by Galileo through his experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
In the absence of air, everything falls with the same acceleration, and reaches the same speed in the same amount of time after being dropped. If things fall through air, though, this isn't true.
iT DEPENDS IF THE BALL IS LIGHT THE LIGTER MOSTLIKLEY TO HAVE THE SAME SPEED.
The law of falling bodies was discovered by the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. He demonstrated that all objects, regardless of weight, fall at the same rate when dropped from the same height. This observation laid the foundation for our understanding of gravity and led to significant advancements in the field of physics.
Air resistance of an object can slow its fall. If every object had the same resistance, everything would fall at the same speed.