A dog barks in a park and hears its echo after 0.5 seconds. The sound of its bark got reflected by a nearby building. The sound of speed in air is 346 m/s. The distance between the dog and the building is

the answer is 173 m/s

Explanation:

the the sound traveled from the dog to the building and back to the dog in 0.5 seconds, every second passes the sound travels 346 m/s but if half a second passes then we divide 346 by 2 and get 173 m/s.

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.