On the earth, a stone is thrown from a height in a direction parallel to the earth’s surface

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asked Oct 14, 2017 in Physics by jisu zahaan (28,760 points) 26 372 800

On the earth, a stone is thrown from a height in a direction parallel to the earth’s surface while another stone is simultaneously dropped from the same height. Which stone would reach the ground first and why?

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answered Oct 14, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 60 409 931

Both stones will take the same time to reach the ground because the two stones fall from the same height.

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