Question

Problem 2b

Answer 1

Given information

In a lecture demostration, a  long vertical string with ten bolts tied to it at equal intervels is dropped from the ceiling of the lecture hall.

The string falls on a tin plate, and the class hears the clinck of each bolt as it hits the plate.

Will the time between clinks increase or decrease as the strings falls?

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The time of clinks will decrease because the weight of the strings becomes increase as it falls on the ground

downwards so time will decrease.