A pebble of mass 0.05 kg is thrown vertically upwards. Give the direction and magnitude of the net force on the pebble,

(a) during its upward motion

(b) during its downward motion

(c) at the highest point where it is momentarily at rest. Do your Solutions change if the pebble was thrown at an angle of 45° with the horizontal direction? Ignore air resistance

Asked by Pragya Singh | 1 year ago |  77

Solution :-

(a) During the upward motion of the pebble, the acceleration due to gravity acts downwards, so the magnitude of the force on the pebble is

F = mg = 0.05 kg x 10 ms-2 = 0.5 N

The direction of the force is downwards

(b) During the downward motion also the magnitude of the force will be equal to 0.5 N and the force acts downwards

(c) If the pebble is thrown at an angle of 45° with the horizontal direction, it will have both horizontal and vertical components of the velocity. At the highest point, the vertical component of velocity will be zero but the horizontal component of velocity will remain throughout the motion of the pebble. This component will not have any effect on the force acting on the pebble. The direction of the force acting on the pebble will be downwards and the magnitude will be 0.5 N because no other force other than acceleration acts on the pebble.

Answered by Abhisek | 1 year ago

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