How does the vertical distance a projectile falls below an otherwise straight-line path compare with the vertical distance it would fall from rest in the same time?
To compare: The vertical distance a projectile falling on Earth with the vertical distance of a free fall at the same time.
Answer to Problem 24A
Projectile will fall with equal acceleration and velocity and cover equal distance at comparative time falling down the Earth.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
Gravitational force on every object reaching towards the Earth applies equally.
Let’s say a projectile is fired down a hill. The projectile object will distribute in two components horizontal and vertical. At every point in the vertical motion, projectile will not experience any gravitational force on the horizontal component other than its momentum. But, every point on its motion reaching towards Earth, projectile will experience equal acceleration due to gravity that is
Similarly, in the vertical acceleration of the particle in free fall, acceleration due to gravity will be applied equally with the same value
Conclusion:
Thus, while falling down either in projectile motion or vertical motion in free fall, acceleration due to gravity applied equally at the same time to both the particles.
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