- #1
sciencequest
- 2
- 0
My teacher and I had a slight disagreement over gravity (I'm in the 8th grade). She said that if you were to drop a coyote and a boulder off of a building, they would hit at the same time if you discounted air resistance. I responded that the boulder, naturally being more massive, would hit first, because gravity is the fictious force of two objects pulling on each other. The boulder would pull the Earth toward itself more so then the lighter coyote, meaning the boulder would land first.
Who is correct, and what equations can you use to calculate gravity on such a small scale?
Thanks in advance.
Who is correct, and what equations can you use to calculate gravity on such a small scale?
Thanks in advance.