Free Fall

(Part 2)

Prepared by: Sir RJ, LPT

Value of acceleration due to gravity.

g  9.8m / s 2
Air Resistance

-The Science of flying.

Free Fall
What if? it is
“Vertically
Upward.”
•Let us try to elaborate it.

•By Solving Problems.

•Let’s get started!

Example : DVOREF Student Mika throws a
ball straight up hoping for it to be caught by
DVOREF Student Jake with an initial velocity
of 9m/s. a.) What is the acceleration due to gravity
of the ball?

b.) What is the ball’s Velocity when it

reaches its maximum height?
c.) If the distance bet. Mika’s hand where the ball was
released at an initial velocity at 9 m/s. Would the ball
reach Jake’s hand?

d.) If not, what should be the ball’s minimum initial

velocity so it would exactly reach 5 m to Jake’s hand.
Terms:

Maximum Height
Minimum initial Velocity
Maximum height-
Upward/peak/high
altitude/terminal velocity
Minimum initial Velocity-
Lacking of Vi
FORMULA to Use:

=gt/ Vf=Vi+gt
t= dy=1/2g
a.) What is the acceleration due to
gravity of the ball?

Answer: = (-9.8 m/)

Given: -? g= (-9.8 m/)

- (+9m/s)
dy- (+5m)
t-?
Rules:
• Any object in free fall experiences an acceleration of
-9.8 m/s^2. whether explicitly stated or not, (drop or
thrown vertically) the value will be still -9.8 in free
falling object.
 b.) What is the ball’s Velocity when it reaches its
maximum height?
Answer:

=0
c.) If the distance bet. Mika’s hand where the ball was
released at an initial velocity at 9 m/s. Would the ball
reach Jake’s hand?

Answer:
No
d.) If not, what should be the ball’s minimum initial velocity so it
would exactly reach 5 m to Jake’s hand.

Answer:
if is 9 m/s
then the minimum initial velocity
in order to reach Jake’s hand is
1 m/s
THAT’S ALL!
THANK YOU!