A teacher is demonstrating acceleration to his class by throwing two balls. He throws both balls using the same amount of force in the same direction. The first ball he throws has a mass of 0.1 kg and the second ball has a mass of 0.5 kg.
a
The balls will have equal acceleration because they are being thrown in the same direction.
b
The balls will have equal acceleration because they are being thrown with the same force.
c
The first ball has a smaller mass, so it will have less acceleration than the second ball.
d
The first ball has a smaller mass, so it will have greater acceleration than the second ball.
c
The first ball has a smaller mass, so it will have less acceleration than the second ball.
are you sure
No, I apologize for the incorrect response. According to Newton's second law of motion, the acceleration is directly proportional to the net force acting on an object and inversely proportional to its mass. Since the teacher is throwing both balls with the same force, the ball with a smaller mass (0.1 kg) will experience a larger acceleration compared to the ball with a larger mass (0.5 kg). Therefore, the correct answer is d. The first ball has a smaller mass, so it will have greater acceleration than the second ball.
The correct answer is c) The first ball has a smaller mass, so it will have less acceleration than the second ball.
To understand why the first ball will have less acceleration, we need to use Newton's second law of motion, which states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass.
The equation for Newton's second law is:
F = ma,
where F is the net force applied to the object, m is the mass of the object, and a is the acceleration of the object.
In this scenario, the teacher is throwing both balls with the same force. Since the force applied to both balls is the same, the net force acting on both balls is the same.
However, the mass of the first ball (0.1 kg) is smaller than the mass of the second ball (0.5 kg). According to Newton's second law, when the mass is smaller, the acceleration is greater for the same force. Therefore, the first ball will have less acceleration than the second ball because it has a smaller mass.