Question

Answer the following questions in paragraph form:A. In real life (as in, say, dropping an object from the CN Tower), what other factors would affect the acceleration of a falling object?B. Would it be possible to do the same analysis if the ball was thrown instead of simply released? Why or why not?

Answer 1

We will have the following:

A. Other factors that would affect the acceleration of a falling object would be the medium it is falling trough and external forces.

B. Yes, it all comes down to the way external forces act upon the object, since the laws of physics will remain the same, as far as current knowledge of the universe indicates. Also the medium will play a roll as well, this is mainly due to the nature of the fluid it is traveling trough, that is density and such.