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Motion Under Gravity

Question 11:

A body dropped from the top of a tower clears 7/16th of the total height of the tower in its last second of flight. The time taken by the body to reach the ground is :

1. 2 s
2. 3 s
3. 4 s
4. 5 s
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According to Galileo's Ratio of Odd Number distances travelled is consecution interval of 1 sec is in the ratio of 1:3:5:7 so in 4th second distance travelled is 7/16th of total journey.

so, total time = 4 sec.