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प्रश्न
Answer the following questions:
A man with a wristwatch on his hand falls from the top of a tower. Does the watch give correct time during the free fall?
उत्तर १
The time shown by the wristwatch of a man falling from the top of a tower is not affected by the fall. Since a wristwatch does not work on the principle of a simple pendulum, it is not affected by the acceleration due to gravity during free fall. Its working depends on spring action.
उत्तर २
The wrist watch uses an electronic system or spring system to give the time, which does not change with acceleration due to gravity. Therefore, watch gives the correct time.
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