A body is dropped from a certain height The ratio of the distance traveled by seconds to the distance it travels in the second is . Suppose the body falls down to the ground in a total of seconds, find the height of the building, .
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The distance travelled by the body in t seconds is given by d ( t ) = 2 1 g t 2 . Thus, the distance travelled during the t th second is Δ d ( t ) = d ( t ) − d ( t − 1 ) = 2 1 g ( t 2 − ( t − 1 ) 2 ) = 2 1 g ( 2 t − 1 ) The ratio of distance travelled in the t th second to that travelled by the t th second is Δ d ( t ) d ( t ) = 2 t − 1 t 2 This ratio is equal to 4/3 when t = 2 . Thus, the distance travelled in n = t + 3 seconds is d ( 5 ) = 1 2 5 m.