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Grade 10Mechanics

the ratio of times taken by freely falling body to cover first meter ,second meter,is

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10 Years agoGrade 10
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9 Years ago
Use first law of eqn. and second law.
For first second,
s = 0 - 0.5g.......................................(1)
v =-g.........(2)
 
for second meter,
s = -g*2 – 0.5g*4
like this calculate up till 3rd meter.
The ratio would come to:
1:3:5