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Grade 12th passMechanics

plot a graph of distance versus time foreign object falling freely under Gravity

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Agrata Singh
7 Years ago
For an object freely falling under gravity, from 2nd eqn of motion
s=ut+1/2gt2
At t=0 u=0 therefore the eqn becomes
s=1/2at2
Plotting distance at y axis and time at x axis the locus becomes
y=5x(g=10)
Hence the graph is a parabola opening upwards with its vertex att origin
 
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