A ball is dropped from rest from the top of a building. What force is responsible for the downward motion of the ball?

the force of gravity
the force of tension
the normal force
the pushing force

Force of gravity

Explanation:

A ball is dropped from rest from the top of a building. The forces acting on the ball at this position are : force of gravity and air resistance.

The air drag can be neglected as for air it is less. We can say that force of gravity is the only force that is responsible for the downward motion of the ball.

Hence, the correct option is (A). "force of gravity".

russian is not my first language, so i'm afraid i can't write out an answer in russian, but hopefully you can find a way to do so. here's my best translation of the problem: you're given a plot of a particle's position in one-dimensional space over time, and you're asked to find either the total distance traveled by the particle after 6 seconds had elapsed, or the total displacement of the particle after 6 seconds.

if you want the total distance traveled, you would first need to determine the particle's velocity as a function of time, then integrate that over the 6-second interval. we know the position function is quadratic with roots at 0 and 6, so we have

where is unknown. because the position is parabolic, there is symmetry about the midpoint at , and we know that

so that the position function is

which means the velocity is

then the total distance traveled is

so the total distance traveled is 20 m.

on the other hand, if you want to find displacement: the particle starts at and ends at , so its displacement is 0.

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