Additional Activities A bowling ball unintentionally falls out of an airliner's cargo bay as it flies along in a horizontal direction. As detected by a person standing on the ground and viewing the plane as in the figure at right. which path would the bowling ball most closely follow after leaving the airplane?
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Answer:*Path of the Bowling Ball*When the bowling ball falls out of the airliner's cargo bay, it will follow a *projectile motion path*. Given that the plane is flying horizontally, the ball will have an initial horizontal velocity (the same as the plane's velocity) and will start accelerating downward due to gravity.*Observed Path*From the perspective of a person standing on the ground, the bowling ball will follow a *parabolic path*. This is because the ball's horizontal motion (inherited from the plane's velocity) will continue at a constant velocity, while its vertical motion will accelerate downward due to gravity, creating a parabolic trajectory.*Conclusion*The path that the bowling ball would most closely follow after leaving the airplane is a *parabolic path*, as observed from the ground. This path reflects the combination of constant horizontal velocity and accelerated vertical motion due to gravity.
