Standing on a building 8 0 m high, I threw a stone vertically upwards at a velocity of 2 0 m/s . Then find the time(in seconds) it takes to reach the ground.
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See my solution for a shorter approach.
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Said this because generally u give tough sums.
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Hehe, lol, maybe. I like sometimes switching between hard and easy sums :P
We can directly apply the 2 nd equation of motion,
s = u t + 2 1 a t 2 8 0 = − 2 0 t + 5 t 2 t = 2 ± 2 5
I took vertically downward direction as + ve and upward as − ve .
As time can't be negative, t = 2 + 2 5 ∼ 6 . 4 7
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Lets first calculate the time the stone takes to reach up.
v 0 − 1 0 t t = u + at = 2 0 − 1 0 t = − 2 0 = 2
So, the stone takes the same time to reach from the top to the level of the building's top(where I was standing).
Now, let us calculate the time it takes to reach from the top of the building to the ground.
S 8 0 8 0 5 t 2 + 2 0 t − 8 0 t 2 + 4 t − 1 6 Using quadratic formula : − t t t But, time cannot be negative, so : − t So, total time = ut + 2 1 at 2 = 2 0 t + 2 1 × 1 0 + t 2 = 2 0 t + 5 t 2 = 0 = 0 = 2 × 1 − 4 ± 4 2 − 4 × 1 × − 1 6 = 2 − 4 ± 8 0 = 2 − 4 + 4 5 ( or ) 2 − 4 − 4 5 = − 2 + 2 5 = − 2 + 2 5 + 2 + 2 = 2 5 + 2 = 2 ( 5 + 1 ) = 2 × 3 . 2 3 ≈ 6 . 4 7