Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Sience
If we are on the moon where the acceleration due to gravity is 1.6m/s^2 and we were playing softball, it would be much different than if we were playing on earth. Once the ball has been thrown, it would go the same speed and would have the same amount of inertia as it would on earth except it would take longer to fall back down. You also wouldn't have to use as much force.
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Nice observations. You're absolutely right about inertia and the need for less force. Do you know why you'd need less force? Consider the relationship between force and acceleration. Is it direct or inverse?
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