Newton's Apple
Classical Mechanics
Level
1
One day a scientist was sitting under an apple tree.Suddenly he heard the sound of falling of an apple.The apple fell on his head 1 seconds after he heard the sound.Find the height from which the apple fall from the tree?(g=9.8m/s^2)
The answer is 4.9.
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1 solution
You can simply apply the eq. s=ut+½at² Where s is the distance travelled(here height) u is the initial velocity(0) t is time taken(1) a is the acceleration ( constant= g)