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Galileo Galilee dropped two balls off of the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. One was wooden and the other was a cannon ball. He dropped them at the same time to see which one would hit the ground first.
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∙ 16y agoGallileo. He did this as part of an experiment to see if balls of different masses/sizes fell at different rates (which he discovered they do not).
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Who dropped the ball off the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Galileo did.
If an elastic ball dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa at a height of 179 ft from the ground and on each rebound the ball rises at exactly one tenth of its previous height what the distance will?
198 feet 10.66 inches
Why does a ball dropped from a high tower fall to the base of the tower?
Due to the force of gravity. The gravitational attraction between the Earth and the ball is what causes the ball to drop.
What will hit the ground first bowling ball or golf ball?
They will fall at the same rate, for more information Google "why was the leaning tower of Pisa built"
A 10-kg cannon ball and a 7-kg bowling ball were dropped at the same time from the top of a building with negligible air resistance At the instant before the balls hit the sidewalk the cannon ball?
mass x velocity = momentum
What is the name of cannon ammunition?
A cannon ball.
What is the round object shot out of a cannon?
a cannon ball
What is the size of a cannon ball?
the size of the cannon ball depends on the size of the cannon. civil war cannons had cannon balls about the size of a child's head, aprox 30cm across
What type of rifle has the word cannon in the name?
cannon ball
When a cannon is fired will the cannon and cannon ball will have the same amount of kinetic energy?
Yes, both have the same energy, but because cannon is heavier the cannon ball gets more momentum and thus greater velocity.
A cannon ball and a bowling ball were dropped at the same time from the top of a building At the instant before the balls hit the sidewalk the cannon ball had greater?
Momentum. Momentum is the mass of an object multiplied by its velocity. This is expressed as: p=mv where p is the momentum, m is the mass, and v is the velocity. Also, kinetic energy, as that is 1/2 m*v^2.
What would happen if someone built a cannon that weighed as the cannon ball?
The cannon would want to move backwards with the same speed as the ball wants to move forward.
