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Grade 11Mechanics

A ball dropped on to floor from a height of 10m rebounds to a height of 2.5m. If the ball is in contact with the floor for 0.02s, its average acceleration during contact is?

Profile image of Raghu Vamshi Hemadri
11 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Piyush
11 Years ago
Divide it into two parts
First find the value of velocity when it will going to collide with the floor let say it is v1
secondly find out the velocity INITIAL ONE for the second part taking your displacement 2.5m let say it is v2
Now take t=0.02s take initial velocity to be equal to (-v1)
final velocity to be equal to v2 apply the first equation of motion and find the acceleration.
Profile image of Ajithesh
9 Years ago
g=9.8m/s^2
u=0
v^2/19.6=10
v=14m/s
while bouncing back
0^2-u^2/-19.6=2.5
u^2=49
u=7m/s
time in contact=0.02s
therefore, (v-u)/t=14-7/0.02=350m/s^2
a=350m/s^2
Profile image of ankita patial
7 Years ago
V1=√2gh1= √2×9.8×10=√196=14
V2=√2gh2=√2×9.8×2.5=√49=7
a=F/m
F=m[v1-(v2)]/t
a=m[v1-(-v2)]/m×0.02=[14+7]/0.02=2100/2=1050
Profile image of Hafsa Maheveen
5 Years ago
According to the given information
As we know
g=9.8m/s 
h1=10
h2=2.5
t=0.02 
 
a=√2gh1-(-√2gh2)/t
a=√2gh1+√2gh2/0.02
a=√2×9.8×10+√2×9.8×2.5
a=√196+√49/7
a=14+7/0.02
a=21/0.02
Therefore //a=1050//