Question

A bowling ball and a bag of potato chips are dropped at the same time from a tall tower on the moon. there is no air on the moon. what happens?

Answer 1

Both objects will hit the ground at the same time

Answer 2

they both will hit the surface of moon at same time

Step-by-step explanation:

When a bowling ball and potato chips are dropped at the same time on surface of moon

then during the motion above the surface of moon they both will have only force of gravity due to moon

so we have

`F = mg_(moon)`

now the we can say that the acceleration of object on this surface is given as

`a = (F)/(m)`

`a = (mg_(moon))/(m)`

`a = g_(moon)`

since this acceleration on both objects is independent of their mass

so we can say that they both will hit the surface of moon at same time