Neglecting air resistance, a bowling ball falling from the top of a ten story building will have what effect?

Question

Neglecting air resistance, a bowling ball falling from the top of a ten story building will have what effect?

Answer 1

It will hurt if it hits you. Can you imagine it hitting your toe. Owie Owie.

Answer 2

F=ma

Newton's second law of motion.

So the force will be equal to mass multiplied by acceleration.

Say we have a 5 kilo. bowling ball.

like all objects under the force of gravity, it acclerates at 9.7536mps.

f= 5 kilo* 9.7536mps

f= 160 newtons

9.8 newtons is about 1 kilo, so that means it will be about 16.35 kilograms of force (i think).

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

neglecting air resistance or not....it's going to hurt either way...... it's effect will be a major hint of 'OUCH'