Home
Class 9
PHYSICS
A coin and a piece of paper are dropped ...

A coin and a piece of paper are dropped simultaneously from the same height .Which of the two will touch the ground first ? What will happen if the coin and the piece of paper are dropped in vacuum ? Gives reasons for your answer .

Answer

Step by step text solution for A coin and a piece of paper are dropped simultaneously from the same height .Which of the two will touch the ground first ? What will happen if the coin and the piece of paper are dropped in vacuum ? Gives reasons for your answer . by PHYSICS experts to help you in doubts & scoring excellent marks in Class 9 exams.

Doubtnut Promotions Banner Mobile Dark
|

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • GRAVITATION

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Short ans T.Que|9 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise NCERT book|1 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise MCQ|10 Videos

  • FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Exercise|145 Videos

  • MODEL TEST PAPER 1

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise SECTION B|2 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

What happens to the eye when you enter a darkened cinema hall from bright sunshine ? Give reason for your answer.

Two bodies, one of mass 1 gram and other of mass 1 kiliogram are dropped are dropped from the same height.which one will hit the ground first ?

Knowledge Check

  • If a stone and a pencil are dropped simultaneously in vacuum from the same height, which of the two will reach the ground first?

    A
    Pencil
    B
    Stone
    C
    Both will reach the ground simultaneously
    D
    Either stone or pencil depending on which is heavier

  • Two bodies x and y of weight 600 N and 1000 N are dropped simultaneously from the same height above the earth's surface from same place. Their accelerations will be

    A
    `a_(x)gt a_(y)`
    B
    `a_(y)gt z_(x)`
    C
    `a_(x)=a_(y)`
    D
    Can't be predicted

  • A piece of paper and a cricket ball are dropped from a particular height. The piece of paper has taken a longer time to reach the ground than the cricket ball because

    A
    weight of the ball is more than the weight of the paper.
    B
    acceleration due to gravity is more on the ball compare to that on the paper.
    C
    air resistance is more on the paper and is not negligible as compared to its weight.
    D
    Both (b) and (c)

    • Similar Questions

    Explore conceptually related problems

    A drop of ink and a drop of honey are placed in water in different beakers. Which of the two will spread faster ? Give reason for your answer.

    An iron ball and a cork ball of the same radius are released from the same height in vacuum. Both of them reach the ground simultaneously. Which of the following statement is the correct explanation for this?

    An iron ball and a cork ball of the same radius are released from the same height in vacuum. Both of them reach the ground simultaneously. Which of the following statement is the correct explanation for this?

    Two bullets are fired simultaneously, horizontally but with different speeds from the same horizontal plane. Which bullet will hit the ground first ?

    In a vacuum, a five-rupee coin, a feather of a sparrow bird and a mango are dropped simultaneously from the same height. The time taken by them to reach the bottom it t_(1), t_(2) and t_(3) respectively. In this situation, we will observe that

    Home
    Profile