RFT Motion in a Straight Line – 2.

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Homework Questions
1. A stone dropped from the top of tower covers 24.5 m in the last second of its fall. Height of the tower

is
(a) 24.5 m (b) 44.1 m (c) 78.4 m (d) 122.5 m

1
Sol: 24.5  9.8  2n  1
2
n3 s

1
s   9.8  9  44.1m
2
Ans: (b)

A body dropped freely covers 16 / 25

th
2. of the total distance in the last second. Its total time of fall is

(a) 2.5 s (b) 5 s (c) 7.5 s (d) 1 s

16
Sol: sn  s
25
g 16 1 2
  2n  1  gn
2 25 2
 n  2.5 s

Ans: (a)
3. A paper weight is dropped from the roof of a block of multi-storey flats each storey being 3 meters

high. It passes the celling of the 20th storey at 30 ms1 . How many storey’s does the flat have, If

g  10 ms2

(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 40

1 2
Sol: 3x  gn
2
30  g  n  , n  3 s

1
3x  10  9  x  15
2
 No of storeys  20  15  35
Ans: (c)
4. An object falls from a bridge that is 45m above the water. It falls directly into a small row-boat moving

with constant velocity that was 12 m from the point of impact when the object was released. The speed

of the boat is

(a) 3 m s1 (b) 4 m s1 (c) 5m s1 (d) 6 m s1

1 2
Sol: 45  gt
2

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t 3s

12  vbt  vb  4 m s1

Ans: (b)
5. A ball dropped from a point P crosses a point Q in t seconds. The time taken by it to travel from Q to R,
if PQ=OR is

(a) t (b) 2t (c) 2 t (d)  

2 1 t

Sol: PQ  x  QR

 2 1
gt , 2 x  g  t 
2
x
2 2

1 t2
 t't 2  t  t 2  t
2 t '2
Ans: (d)
6. In the above problem if S is a point such that PQ  QR  RS , the time taken by the ball to travel from

R to S is

(a)  
2 1 t (b)  3 2 t  (c) 3t (d)  
3 1 t

1 2
Sol: x  gt
2
1 2 1
2x  gt , 2 x  gt '2
2 2

1 2 t '2
3x  gt ''2 , 
2 3 t ''2

3
t ''  t'
2
t  t '' t '

  3 2 t 
Ans: (b)
7. A ball is dropped from a bridge across a river 122.5m high. After the first ball has fallen for 2s, second

ball is thrown straight down. What must be the initial velocity of second ball so that both the balls hit

the surface of water at the same time? Take g  9.8ms2  

(a) 13ms1 (b) 16.5ms1 (c) 6.5ms1 (d) 26.1ms1

Sol: Height of the bridge, h  122.5m

Let be the time taken by the first ball to reach water surface.
As the ball is just dropped, u  0

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Using, s  ut  at 2 , we get
2
1 2
h gt
2
The second ball is thrown downwards 2 s after the first ball is dropped. Both the balls reach the ground
simultaneously. Hence the time of travel of the second ball is  t  2  .

1
 h  u t  2  g t  2
2
2

Using h  122.5m and g  9.8ms2 in eq. (1)

1 2 122.5
122.5   9.8t 2  t   5s
2 9.8
Equation (2) becomes
1
122.5  u  3   9.8 32  as t  2  5  2  3s 
2
 3u  4.9  9
3u  122.5  44.1  78.4

 u  26.1 ms1

Ans: (d)
8. Water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap 5 m above the ground. The third drop is leaving the tap
at the instant the first drop touches the ground. How far above the ground is the second drop at that


instant? take g  10 m s2 
(a) 3.75m (b) 2.5m (c) 1.25m (d) 22.5m

Sol: As the drops just fall from the tap, u  0, h  5m and g  10 ms2

1
Time taken by the first drop to reach the ground is determined using s  ut  at 2
2

1 2 2h 25
h gt  t    1s
2 g 10

Since the drops are falling at regular intervals and the third drop has just begun to fall, the time
interval must be 0.5s. Thus, the second drop has travelled for 0.5 s from the tap.

1
Using s  ut  at 2 we get distance travelled by the drop.
2
1
d  0  10  0.52  1.25m, form the tap
2
 Height above the ground, h  h  d  5  1.25  3.75m

Ans: (a)

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9. Calculate the velocity with which a ball should be projected vertically upwards so that the distance

covered in the 5th second is twice of that covered in the 6th second? Take g  10 ms2  
(a) 33ms1 (b) 65ms1 (c) 13ms1 (d) 6 ms1

Sol: Let u be the velocity of projection of the ball vertically upwards

Given: Distance travelled in 5th second  S5 

 2  distance travelled in 6th second  S6 

a
Using sn  u   2n  1 we get
2
g
ss  u   2  5  1  as, a   g 
2
9g
u
2
g
Similarly, s6  u   2  6  1
2
11g
u
2
But, s5  2s6

9g  11g 
u  2u  
2  2 

u  11g  4.5g  6.5g  65ms1

Ans: (b)
10. A stone is dropped from a certain height which can reach the ground in 5s . If the stone is stopped after

3s of its fall and then allowed to fall again, calculate the time taken by the stone to reach the ground

for the remaining distance.

(a) 1s (b) 2s (c) 3s (d) 4s

Sol: u  a, a  g, t  5g

1
 using s  ut  at 2 we get,
2
1
h  0   9.8  52  122.5m
2
1 2 1
Distance travelled by the stone in 3 s from the top is d  ut  gt  0   9.8  32  44.1m
2 2
Height of the stone from the ground is, h  h  d  122.5  44.1  78.4m

1
From this position, it is the case of free fall. Again using s  ut  at 2 we get,
2

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1
 
78.4  0   9.8 t 2
2
2  78.4
t2   16  t  4s
9.8
Ans: (d)

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