A cannonball is launched horizontally with a speed of 20 m/s, and a baseball is dropped off a cliff, accelerating at a rate of 10 m/s². Which will hit the ground first?

If they both start from the same height, then they both hit the ground at the same time. It makes no difference if their horizontal speeds aren't equal. The cannon ball still accelerates downward at the same rate as the baseball.

Answered by AL2006 | 2024-06-10

The cannon ball and the baseball will hit the ground at the same time. This is because gravity affects all objects on earth equally, regardless of their horizontal velocity. The key factor is the rate of gravitational acceleration, which is roughly 9.8m/s^2 on earth. ;

Answered by shivanimandawkar53se | 2024-06-18

Both the cannonball and the baseball will hit the ground at the same time because gravity acts on them equally regardless of their horizontal motion. Therefore, if dropped from the same height, they will take the same amount of time to fall. This demonstrates the independence of vertical and horizontal motions in projectile motion.
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Answered by shivanimandawkar53se | 2024-10-31