Question

If a hammer is dropped from a height of 52 m and there is no air resistance, what is the acceleration the hammer experiences while it is falling towards the ground?

Answer 1

The hammer is fallingtowards the ground under the action of only one force which is gravity.

Thus, the acceleration of the hammer while falling towards the ground is the acceleration due to gravity.

Hence, the acceleration of the hammer in the given case is,

`g=9.81ms^{-2\text{ }}`