Please explain the answer as well. a) He should aim it at the monkey. b) He shou
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Question
Please explain the answer as well.
a) He should aim it at the monkey.
b) He should aim it below the monkey.
c) He should aim it above the monkey.
d) None of the other choices are correct.
A monkey is sitting at the top of a tree 20m above from the ground level. A person standing on the ground wants to feed the monkey. He uses a bow and arrow to launch the food to the monkey. If the persone knows that the monkey is going to drop from the tree at the same instant that the person launches the food, how should the person aim the arrow containing the food?
Explanation / Answer
Correct answer is option (a).
Gravity acts on the projectile just as it does on the monkey.
They all accelerated at the same rate, despite differences in mass, because when two bodies of different masses falls together, both would reach the ground at the same time. Same thing with the monkey and food. The acceleration is the same.
So, if the food would have gone to, where the monkey was in the tree and if gravity weren't around, then it will fall and hit the monkey when gravity is a factor.