Question 1143343: The distance covered by a stone is inversely proportional to square of its weight.
A 3 kg stone covers a distance of 9 meter when it is thrown. What will be the
distance covered by a 4 kg stone when it is thrown?
Found 3 solutions by josmiceli, greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source):
Answer by greenestamps(13209)  (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52887)  (Show Source):
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The person who created this formulation, deserves lowest possible score for his ability (or, better to say, inability)
to formulate the problem correctly and, in addition to it, deserves lowest possible score for total absence
base knowledge in Mechanics.
Why ?
First, because the context is not disclosed: what are the conditions for such an experiment ?
How the first sentence is formulated, one can conclude that a free fall of the body is considered.
Although the word "thrown" in the next sentence contradicts to it.
Second, from the times of Galileo (~ 1600 years) it is known that the distance covered by a free falling body
DOES NOT DEPEND on its weight.
It is one of the corner stones in Mechanics.
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