Answer to Question #192034 in Mechanics | Relativity for Nicole

Question

You have two small metal balls. You drop the first ball and throw the other one in the downward direction. The two balls are released at the same time, from the same height. Choose the statement which is not correct.

(A) The second ball will spend less time in flight.

(B) The first ball will have a slower final speed when it reaches the ground.

(C) The second ball will have a larger acceleration while falling.

(D) Both balls will have the same acceleration while falling.

Answer 1

Both ball will fall under same gravitational acceleration of earth, so both will have same acceleration.

So (c) the second ball will have larger acceleration . Is wrong statement.