Recent content by Mathias

I imagine it would look something like that. Where red is dropped, and purple is thrown. But this is just going off of the idea of what the effects of gravity would be. I guess what I would discern then is that the functions would be (inversely proportional)? I'm not sure if that's the right...

So if I understand you correctly t = 1/2 at 3H/4 for both, dropped and thrown. However I am conflicted with that because the dropped ball just goes straight to the ground, But for the ball that is thrown it get to the max height (H) then falls down again. So t total of thrown would = 2, compared...

Ill first convert all the kinematics into terms of t 1. ## v_y=v_0+a_yt## -> ##t= (v_y-v_0)/a_y ## 2. ## y-y_0=v_0t+1/2(a_yt^2) ## -> ## 1/2(a_yt^2) + v_0t-y+y_0 ## 3. ## y-y_0=1/2(v_0+v_y)t ## -> ## t = 2(y-y_0)/(v_0+v_y) ## @byu I'll try your way now, and I drew a picture of how I think its...

Homework Statement Suppose you drop a ball from rest out of a window that is at height H above the ground, and suppose the ball hits the ground with speed S. At the instant that you release the ball, your buddy throws a ball straight up from the ground level with the same speed S. Show that the...

Homework Statement A ball is tossed straight up into the air so that it moves in the vertical direction without air resistance. Is there a point where the dot product of the velocity with the acceleration is: a. Zero b. Negative c. Positive d. now assume the ball moves in a parabolic path...

Oh gosh, limiting them is hard, they are all such a good read. If you haven't started Asimov's Foundation series I highly recommend it. I usually listen to audio books rather than reading, but Foundation just had it all. I loved all the little short stories and how it progressed. To change it...

Greetings and Salutations, I have finally managed to take Calculus based Physics at my community College. I have been trying to get in for three semesters but the community college I go to doesn't have many opportunities. Now that we have started, even just on the introductory material I...