Assume that you're in a zero gravity environment, traveling at 5 MPH in a straight line. You release a ball bearing at 5 miles per hour in a perfectly perpendicular direction from that which you are traveling. What is the direction and speed of the ball bearing?
2006-10-06 08:55:50 · 10 answers · asked by patarakc 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Ok, you propel the ball bearing at 5 mph anal people.
2006-10-06 09:02:57 · update #1
and relative to the exact point from which you release the ball bearing.
2006-10-06 09:05:24 · update #2
Relative to yourself, zero. It wouldn't leave your hand without a little push.
Relative to whatever is clocking you at 5 mph, 5 mph.
2006-10-06 08:59:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
while you're actually not forcing the ball in any way then it shoud stay the place it is. 0 gravity potential 0 gravitational stress. 0 stress =0 action. besides the indisputable fact that in case you drop the ball here in the international and the coefficient of restitution between the ball and the floor is a appropriate a million (which potential completely elastic) and there are no power losses to air resistance or friction, the ball could return to precisely an analogous place. The acceleration of the ball to the floor is dependant on which planet you're status on. working example, in case you dropped an same ball on the moon, it may return and forth lots slower on its thank you to the exterior because of the fact the mass of the moon is lots les than the earth. This creates much less gravity. For a trustworthy attempt nevertheless, the test in the international could could be undertaken in a vaccum (no air) as there is not any air on the moon.
2016-10-15 22:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holden has it right.
It will be traveling at a 45 degree angle from the point of release and at a speed of 5 x the square root of two or about 7.07 mph
2006-10-07 05:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
direction is 45 degrees from your direction (between your direction and that you through the ball),speed will be 5 mph.if yiu through ball in the same direction you are moving through,it would fly with a speed of 10 mph
2006-10-06 09:36:01 · answer #4 · answered by Majdi B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be moving 90º from you at 5mph until some external force or field affects either you or the bearing. It will still have the 5 mph velocity parallel to your path.
2006-10-06 09:01:00 · answer #5 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. It will travel in a direction 45 degrees to your immediate reference frame. (5 forward and 5 up, say.)
2006-10-06 09:06:00 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 times the sqrt of 2 - 45 degrees between your motion and the force vector your arm gave the BB.
2006-10-06 10:18:39 · answer #7 · answered by Holden 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cant drop anything in zero gravity.do you mean propel in a perpendicular direction?
2006-10-06 09:00:36 · answer #8 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will follow you in the same direction and with the same speed.
2006-10-06 09:09:07 · answer #9 · answered by lily 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will follow you at same speed.
2006-10-06 08:57:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋