who studied the force of gravity. He got an inspiration when an apple fell from a tree, hitting his head. Hehheehhe Newton cute laaa
The falling apple was acted on by a force of attraction, [the force of attraction due to gravity from the centre of earth]
are pulled towards the Earth by the force of gravity. This force is known as the pull of gravity or the earths gravitational force. The earths gravitational force tends to pull everything towards its centre.
FREE FALL
Any object which falls only under the influence of the force of attraction due to gravity and without any influence of other forces is said to experience FREE FALL.
FREE FALL
FREE FALL
An object falls freely only in vacuum. The absence of air means there is no air
freely. They fall with the same acceleration that is the acceleration due to gravity, g.
FREE FALL
(in vacuum)
same acceleration, that is ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY. This constant acceleration is known as the gravitational acceleration, g. The standard value of the gravitational acceleration, g is 9.81 m s-2. The value of g is often taken to be 10 m s-2 for simplicity. The magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity depends on the strength of the gravitational field.
5. Define weight (W) as the product of mass (m) and acceleration due to gravity (g) i.e. W = mg.
The weight of an object is defined as the
Example 1
Example 2
Example 2
gravitational force of 4800 N. Calculate the gravitational field strength. Given : m = 600 kg. F = 4800 N, g = ? g = F = 4800 . = 8 N kg-1 m 600
Example 3
After 1.2 s, it hits the bottom of the well. (a) What is the velocity of the stone when it hits the bottom? (b) Calculate the depth of the well.