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If there is a lift with a bucket of water and a ping pong ball inside the bucket floating at the top, what happens to the ping pong ball and the water if the lift cable is cut while the lift is several floors up and free falls?

2006-12-10 16:13:19 · 11 answers · asked by deansenter 1 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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The ping pong ball and the water would most likely stay in the bucket until it crashed to the ground. Wind could have an effect but otherwise weight makes no difference.

2006-12-10 16:17:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The bucket of water would fall... the water would spill out of the bucket on the way down and the ping pong ball would fall out of the bucket because it is lighter in weight./

2006-12-11 10:19:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Assuming no effect of air friction, the ping pong ball and water in the bucket would be in a state of zero gravity. Ball will be just above the water.

2006-12-11 00:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by sudhir49garg 2 · 0 0

i guess the water could spill bc it landed on side or flip and landed on the top part and the ping pong ball came out. OR the ping pong ball could come out bc the water slushed up and threw the ball out and the bucket landed on its bottom OR the bucket breaks bc it fall from a high place and the water and the ball comes out.

2006-12-11 00:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by knowssignlanguage 6 · 0 0

the ball will come out of the bucket

2006-12-11 00:16:56 · answer #5 · answered by heynow 3 · 0 0

That isn't geography. However, the ball will fly out, because it floats anyway, and most of the water will, too.

2006-12-11 00:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by Mona 2 · 0 0

Everything will remain where it is until lift hits the ground.

2006-12-11 04:34:42 · answer #7 · answered by babu 2 · 0 0

!!!!!!!!!!!!2!!
everything will acclerate at the same rate,and so will remain in place untill the lift hits bottom then a great big mess.
God bless,
gabe

2006-12-11 10:13:41 · answer #8 · answered by gabegm1 4 · 0 0

they will all fall at the exact same rate, 980 cm/sec^2, until they hit the ground.

2006-12-11 00:47:27 · answer #9 · answered by Maynard J Stinkfist 2 · 0 0

it go into a state of zero gravit for period of time proportional to the mass of the object and distance of travel.

2006-12-11 00:16:59 · answer #10 · answered by clayn1bb 1 · 0 0

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