mechanics

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 ·

because the normal reaction between him and the car is zero...

can you prove that?

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mohit sengar ·

prov it plzz

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dmaga ·

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

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