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Grade 11Mechanics

A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower of height h and vel (2gh)^1/2. it strikes the level ground through the foot of the tower at a distance of x from the tower . find x in terms of h

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10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
in y direction,
h = 0 + 0.5*gt^2................(1)
in x direcn.,
x = (2gh)^1/2*t.......................(2)
put eqn. (2) in eqn. (1) i mean the value of t and get x in terms of h.