Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Free Falling



This is a free fall video/song that I found on youtube that I thought gave a good summary of aspect free fall. First of all free fall is when an object falls due to the effect of gravity only, and under the influence of gravity there is no air resistance. In a free fall equation acceleration is equal to gravity (a=g) this is because the object is always accelerating at a constant rate of 10m/s.
How to calculate an objects velocity in free fall: v=gt (velocity is equal to gravity multiplied by time)
How to calculate how far an object has traveled in a time span: d=1/2(g)(t)^2 (distance equals half of gravity multiplied by the time squared)
An important concept to understand about free fall is that weight does not matter.

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