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Answer:

The brick falls to the ground.


Falling Bricks

picture of falling brick

Gravity pulls upon the brick, causing it to go faster and faster. The distance between the brick and where it was released after t seconds is:

distance = (1/2)*G*t2
  • t is the number of seconds since the brick was released.
  • G is a constant: 9.80665
  • distance is in meters.

After 0.0 seconds, the brick has dropped

(1/2) * 9.80665 * (0.0)2  =  0.5 * 9.80665 * 0.0 = 0.0 meters.

After 1.0 second, the brick has dropped

(1/2) * 9.80665 * (1.0)2  =  0.5 * 9.80665 * 1.0 = 4.903325 meters.

After 2.0 seconds, the brick has dropped

(1/2)* 9.80665 * (2.0)2  =  0.5 * 9.80665 * 4.0  =  19.6133 meters.

After 3.0 seconds, the brick has dropped

(1/2)* 9.80665 * (3.0)2  =  0.5 * 9.80665 * 9.0  =  44.1299 meters.

This is getting tedious. Let's write a program that does the calculation for many values of t and prints the results as a table.


QUESTION 14:

Let's use a loop.