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A ball rolls off the top of a staircase with a horizontal velocity u ms-1. If the steps are h metre high and b metre wide, the ball will hit the edge of the nth step, if

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a
n=2hugb2
b
n=2hu2gb
c
n=2hu2gb2
d
n=hu2gb2
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Correct option is C

If the ball hits the nth step, then horizontal distance traversed = nh.  Here, velocity along horizontal direction =u·n=ut Initial velocity along vertical direction is 0. nh=0+12gt2∣  From t=nbv, putting t in (ii), we get  nh=12 g×nbu2   or   n=2hu2gb2

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