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if a ping pong ball and a golf ball are both dropped which hits ground first

by Robin Sawayn Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Observations and results
You should have found that both balls hit the ground at roughly the same time.
Oct 10, 2013

Does a ping pong ball hit the ground first?

Students used a ping pong ball and a golf ball and dropped them from the same height to see which hit the ground first. They all thought the golf ball would, but they discovered that the mass of the object didn’t matter and that gravity was pushing down with the same force on each object. Therefore, they both hit the ground at the same time.

Can You Drop a ping pong ball and a golf ball simultaneously?

SOLVED:Suppose you hold a Ping-Pong ball and a golf ball at arm's length and drop them simultaneously. You'll see them hit the floor at about the same time.

Does ping-pong affect the motion of the falling balls?

Thus, both ping-pong as well as golf ball reaches at the same time to the ground. it shows its effects on the motion of the falling balls. As the surface of the golf ball is smaller than

What happens when you drop a golf ball from a height?

But when you drop them from a higher, uh, from a higher height, there's going to be time for air drag to really build up as it will be allowed to accumulate a larger velocity that will show its effect on the emotion of the falling balls. And so we know that the golf ball is going to be smaller than the ping pong ball.

Which hits ground first golf ball or ping pong ball?

The tennis ball and the golf ball hit the ground at the same time. The Earth's gravity is so strong that it pulls objects like these at the same speed.

Which will fall faster a golf ball or ping pong ball?

the pin-pong ball, there exists less air resistance and hence it falls faster than the ping-pong ball.

Which of these two balls strike the ground first?

The hand can no longer impart any force, as the ball has left it. As gravity is the only force in both cases, both balls will hit the ground at the same time.

Why does a ping pong ball fall faster than a golf ball?

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Will a bowling ball and a golf ball hit the ground at the same time?

Answer? They hit at the same time.

Will 2 objects fall same speed?

As such, all objects free fall at the same rate regardless of their mass. Because the 9.8 N/kg gravitational field at Earth's surface causes a 9.8 m/s/s acceleration of any object placed there, we often call this ratio the acceleration of gravity.

When a ball is thrown horizontally and another is dropped which will hit the ground first?

The horizontal and vertical motions of a projectile are independent of each other. So two objects falling under the influence of gravity from the same height will reach the ground simultaneously, regardless of their horizontal velocities.

Which ball will hit the ground first if dropped at same time at the same height?

heavierIn other words, if two objects are the same size but one is heavier, the heavier one has greater density than the lighter object. Therefore, when both objects are dropped from the same height and at the same time, the heavier object should hit the ground before the lighter one.

Why does a dropped object land at the same time as sideways thrown one?

Its y-axis velocity, the speed at which it moves downwards, is determined purely by gravity, just as in the case of the dropped ball, as none of the throwing force is directed downwards. Both the balls have the same velocity along the y-axis and therefore should reach the ground at the same time.

Which is larger a ping pong ball or a golf ball?

Back to the topic, those dimensions render a ping pong ball about the same size as a golf ball, which comes in at 1.68 inches. That's pretty close, although I HIGHLY discourage you from playing ping pong with a golf ball. The damage to your ping pong table will be significant.

Why does a heavier object fall with the same acceleration as a lighter object?

Answer 1: Heavy objects fall at the same rate (or speed) as light ones. The acceleration due to gravity is about 10 m/s2 everywhere around earth, so all objects experience the same acceleration when they fall.

Why is it hard to throw a ping pong ball?

Because it is so light, the air slows it down very quickly, so you can't throw it as fast as a baseball, which weighs more, and isn't as affected by the air. In baseball, pitchers are able to throw baseballs as fast as 100 mph. That's 147 feet in one second, or 45 meters per second.

What happens if you drop a ping pong ball and a golf ball at the same time?

If you were to drop a ping pong ball, and a golf ball at the same time, from the same height, with normal air pressure, the golf ball would hit the ground first. Since the ping pong ball is lighter, it will lose more energy from the air resistance, than the golf ball. The air resistan

Is the net force greater for a ping pong ball or a golf ball?

The ratio of the buoyant force to the gravitational force on the ping pong ball is greater than it is for the golf ball. So the ratio of the net force to the mass is greater for the golf ball, hence a greater acceleration.

What happens if you drop a tennis ball and a basketball at the same time?

Is this true for all objects? If you drop a feather and a rock at the same time, you know the rock will hit the ground first and the feather will fall much slower.

Why does feather fall slower?

Air tends to make stuff fall slower, especially light objects, which is why the feather hits the ground last.

Does gravity make everything accelerate downward?

Great question. As it turns out, the force of gravity tri es to make everything accelerate downward at EXACTLY the same rate, no matter how light or heavy it is. This means that if you dropped a basketball and a tennis ball at the same time (from the same height) they will hit the ground at the same time (try it!).

Answer

In case of balls move with low speeds, the air drag is very small as compared to the weights of the balls. Thus, both ping-pong as well as golf ball reaches at the same time to the ground. In the case of balls fall from greatest height, there is a scope to form an air drag for that time and it shows its effects on the motion of the falling balls.

Video Transcript

here, we're holding a ping pong ball in a golf ball at arm's length and we drop them at the same time, we're going to see them hit the floor at the same time. But if we drop them off the top of the high ladder, we're going to see the golf ball hit first.

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