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Answer to: What is the acceleration produced in a freely falling body of mass 10 kg? (Neglect air resistance)

Acceleration produced in a freely falling body, irrespective of its mass, is 9.8 m/s2.

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Answer to: Which of the Kepler’s laws of planetary motion led Newton to establish the inverse-square rule for gravitational force between two bodies?

Kepler’s third law of planetary motion led Newton to establish the inverse-square rule for gravitational force between two bodies.

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Answer to: State the Kepler’s law which is represented by the relation r^3 ∝ T^2.

Kepler’s law of periods states that: The cube of the mean distance of a planet from the sun is directly proportional to the square of time it takes...

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Answer to: Name the scientist who explained the motion of planets on the basis of gravitational force between the sun and planets.

Newton explained the motion of planets on the basis of gravitational force between the sun and planets.

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Answer to: Name the scientist who gave the three laws of planetary motion.

Johannes Kepler gave the three laws of planetary motion.

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Answer to: Does the acceleration produced in a freely falling body depend on the mass of the body?

No, the acceleration produced in a freely falling body is independent of the mass of the body.

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Answer to: Which force is responsible for the moon revolving round the earth?

Gravitational force is responsible for the moon revolving round the earth.

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Answer to: What is the value of gravitational constant G (i) on the earth, and (ii) on the moon?

Value of gravitational constant G on the earth and the moon is = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2 Note that the value of G always remains constant irrespective ...

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Answer to: A heavy car A of mass 2000 kg travelling at 10 m/s has a head-on collision with a sports car B of mass 500 kg. If both cars stop dead on colliding, what was the velocity of car B?

Mass of car A, m1 = 2000 kg Speed of car A, v1 = 10 m/s Mass of car B, m2 = 500 kg Speed of car B, v2 Acc. to law of conservation of moment...

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Answer to: A ball X of mass 1 kg travelling at 2 m/s has a head-on collision with an identical ball Y at rest. X stops and Y moves off. Calculate the velocity of Y after the collision.

Mass of the ball x, m1 = 1 kg Speed of ball x, u1 = 2 m/s Mass of ball y, m2 = 1 kg Speed of ball y, u2 = 0 m/s (at rest) Velocity of ball...

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Answer to: A truck of mass 500 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with another truck of mass 1500 kg moving in the same direction at 2 m/s.

Mass of first truck, m1 = 500 kg Speed of first truck, u1 = 4 m/s Mass of second truck, m2 = 1500 kg Speed of second truck, u2 = 2 m/s Com...

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Answer to: A girl of mass 50 kg jumps out of a rowing boat of mass 300 kg on to the bank, with a horizontal velocity of 3 m/s. With what velocity does the boat begin to move backwards?

Mass of the boat mb = 300 kg Velocity of boat vb Mass of girl mg = 50 kg Velocity of girl vg = 3 m/s Acc. to the law of conservation of mom...

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Answer to: A boy of mass 50 kg running at 5 m/s jumps on to a 20 kg trolley travelling in the same direction at 1.5 m/s. What is their common velocity?

Mass of the boy, m1= 50 kg Speed of boy, u1 = 5 m/s Mass of trolley m2 = 20 kg Speed of trolley u2 = 1.5 m/s Combined mass of boy and trol...

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Answer to: Explain why it is possible for a small animal to fall from a considerable height without any injury being caused when it reaches the ground.

It is possible for a small animal to fall from a considerable height without being injured because a small animal has small mass, so the momentum prod...

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Answer to: Why would an aircraft be unable to fly on the moon?

An aircraft needs air because air moving under the wings of aircraft is strong enough to hold it up and air is also required to burn the fuel in aircr...

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Answer to: The troops (soldiers) equipped to be dropped by parachutes from an aircraft are called paratroopers. Why do paratroopers roll on landing?

The paratroopers roll on landing to increase the time taken to reduce the momentum of their body. Thus, the rate of change of momentum is reduced and ...

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Answer to: Why are car seat-belts designed to stretch some what in a collision?

Car seat-belts are somewhat stretchable so as to increase the time taken by the passengers to fall forward. Due to this, the rate of change of momentu...

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Answer to: If a balloon filled with air and its mouth untied/ is released with its mouth in the downward direction, it moves upwards. Why? (b) An unloaded truck weighing 2000 kg has a maximum acceleration of 0.5 m/s^2.

(a) If of a balloon filled with compressed air and its mouth untied is released with its mouth in the downward direction, the balloon moves in the upw...

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