If A Body Travels Half Its Total Path In The Last Second Of Its Fall From Rest, Find; (a) The Time And (b) The Height Of Fall. Explain The Physically Unacceptable Solution Of The Quadratic Time Equation. (g = 9.8m/s2)  

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Question

 

If a body travels half its total path in the last second of its fall from rest, find; (a) the time and (b) the height of fall. Explain the physically unacceptable solution of the quadratic time equation. (g = 9.8m/s2)

 

Solution

Correct option is

t = 0.59s    or   3.41s  and 57 m

 

If the body falls a height h in time t, from 2nd equation of motion we have

        

now, as the distance fallen in (t – 1)s will be

                  

So from eqns. (1) and (2) distance fallen in the last second

                

               

but according to given problem as (h – h’)h/2

              

              

                

       

         

          t = 0.59s    or   3.41s

0.59s is physically unacceptable as it gives the total time t taken by the body to reach ground lesser than one sec while according to the given problem time of motion must be greater than 1s.

          t = 3.41s

       

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