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a stunt man jumps his car over a crater (neglect air resistance )
then during the whole flight the driver experiences weightlessness .Why????
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Lokesh Verma
·2010-07-24 00:19:44
because the normal reaction between him and the car is zero...
can you prove that?
dmaga
·2010-07-24 01:06:01
there is no ground touching the car+man system.
hence, man+car is weightless.
now consider man and car.
car exerts gravity on man and vice versa.
F=GMm/rr
M=car
m=man
but G≈ 10^-11
hence F is negligible
a=F/m is also negligible
N=ma is also negligible