A stone is thrown withan initial speed of 4.9m/s from a bridge in vertically upward direction .It falls in ground in 2 sec.find height of bridge. Plz solve and eplain why answer is taken as positive if Accelaration due to gravity is taken negative
Paras , 6 Years ago
Grade 11
3 Answers
Venkat
Last Activity: 6 Years ago
Take upward direction as positive.
As we have taken downward direction as positive, the negative answer say that height of building is measured upwards. Note that the distance cannot be negative as it is always greater than xero. Hence, the magnitude of height of building is 9.8