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Projection Under uniform Acceleration
Question

A ball rolls off the top of a staircase with a horizontal velocity u m/s. 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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Solution

If the ball hits the nth step, then horizontal distance traversed = nh.

Here, velocity along horizontal direction = u.
Velocity along vertical direction = 0.

 nb = ut-----------------(i)

nh = 0 + 12gt2-----------(ii)

From (i), t = nbv,  = nh = 12g×(nbu)2

n = 2hu2gb2

 

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