FREE FALL PROBLEM
Problem 1: Calculate the body height if it has a mass of 2 kg and after 7 seconds it reaches the
ground?
Problem 2: The cotton falls after 3 s and iron falls after 5 s. Which is moving with higher
velocity?
Problem 3: A stone is dropped from the top of a 40 m high tower. Calculate its speed after 2 s.
Also find the speed with which the stone strikes the ground.
Problem 4: You drop a stone down a well. You hear the splash 1.63 s later. How deep is the
well? The speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.
Problem 5: What is the final velocity of the ball if it is dropped from a certain height and takes
10 seconds to reach the ground. The air resistance is not taken into account. [take g= 10
m/sec2]
Problem 6: Rohan dropped his ball from a height of 5 meters and then he ran downstairs
really fast to see if he can catch the ball, he takes 1 minute to reach the ground. Will he be
able to catch the ball, please note that the air friction is neglected.
Problem 7: If an object undergoes Free fall, what will be the velocity of the object on the
10th second?
Problem 8: King Kong carries Fay Wray up the 321-m-tall Empire State Building. At the top of
the skyscraper, Fay Wray’s shoe falls from her foot. How fast will the shoe be moving when it hits
the ground?
Problem 9: A baby blue jay sits in a tall tree awaiting the arrival
of its dinner. As the mother lands on the nest, she drops a worm
toward the hungry chick’s mouth, but the worm misses and falls
from the nest to the ground in 1.50 s. How high up is the nest?
Problem 10: At an amusement park, a popular ride known as
“Free Fall” carries passengers up to a height of 33.5 m and drops
them to the ground inside a small cage. How fast are the passengers going at the bottom of this
exhilarating journey?
Problem 11: Reverend Northwick climbs to the church belfry one morning to determine the
height of the church. From an outside balcony he drops a book and observes that it takes 2.00 s
to strike the ground below.
a) How high is the balcony of the church belfry?
b) Why would it be difficult to determine the height of the belfry balcony
if the Reverend dropped only one page out of the book?
Problem 12: Billy, a mountain goat, is rock climbing on his favorite slope
one sunny spring morning when a rock comes hurtling toward him from a
ledge 40.0 m above. Billy ducks and avoids injury. a) How fast is the rock
traveling when it passes Billy? b) How does this speed compare to that of a car traveling down
the highway at the speed limit of 25 m/s (equivalent to 55 mi/h)?
Problem 13: A rock is dropped from a garage roof from rest. The roof is 6.0 m from the
ground.
a. (easy) Determine how long it takes the rock to hit the ground.
b. (easy) Determine the velocity of the rock as it hits the ground.
c. (moderate) A second rock is projected straight upward from ground level at the moment the
first rock was released. This second rock had an initial upward velocity of +6.0 m/s. How long
will this second rock take to reach maximum height?
d. (hard) At what time after release will the two rock have the same height?
Problem 14: A ball is thrown directly downward with an initial speed of 8.50 m/s, from a
height of 29.2 m. After what time interval does it strike the ground?