Question

Imagine being somewhere in the universe free from all gravitational and frictional influences. While you are there, you throw a baseball. That ball will:

A.
Move forward, and gradually stop moving.

B.
The ball will not move at all.

C.
The ball will continue to move forward with the same speed and direction.

D.
None of the above.

Answer 1

It depends on what it’s asking. Answer B seems most likely because without friction you are unable to even through the ball, the force on it would throw you backwards and it wouldn’t move. However, if you are able to throw the ball it would be answer C because there’s nothing acting on the ball to stop the motion. It depends on the context of the problem and which you think applies better

Answer 2

The ball will continue its motion with same speed and along same direction on account of its inertia. Hence, option (C) is correct.

We can consider Newton's Law of inertia here to explain the given problem. Newton's law of inertia or Newton's first law says that, "If any object is in motion such that there is no external force is applied on it. So, it will continue to be in motion, until any force cause it to stop". This simply means that nothing moves without force and nothin stops without force.

Now consider the given case, where we are free from all the gravitational and frictional influences, such that on throwing the baseball with some speed, the ball will continue to move with same speed and in the same direction, until something struck its path.

Here stuck by the path means a force, therefore force can only cause the ball to stop or to change its direction.

Thus, we can conclude that the ball will continue its motion with same speed and along same direction on account of its inertia.

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