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Does an object dropped from a building reach the halfway point of its fall in half the time it takes it to drop?
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∙ 14y ago
It depends. Gravity constantly accelerates an object until the force of wind resistance is equal to the force of gravity. Each case is different. If we lived in a world with no air, the answer would be yes.
============================================If you neglect air resistance ... which we always do when we discuss gravity and falling objects ... then the answer is a resounding NO.
To travel half the distance in half the time means that the speed is constant; that is exactly NOT true when something falls on account of gravity.
Falling on account of gravity and neglecting air resistance, the time required to fall half the distance is [ 1/2 sqrt(2) ] times the duration of the total fall = about 70.7% of the total time.
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