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A packet, dropped from a stationary helicopter, hovering at a height  'h' from the ground level, reaches the ground in 12 s.  Calculate

(i) The value of h   

(ii) The final velocity of the packet on reaching the ground. 

(Take g=9.8 m s-2)

Important Questions on Gravitation

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A boy drops a stone from a cliff, which reaches the ground in 8 s. Calculate

(i) the final velocity of the stone,

(ii) the height of the cliff. 

(Take g=9.8 ms2)

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To estimate the height of a bridge over a river, a stone is dropped from the bridge. It takes 3 seconds to touch the surface of water. Calculate the height of the bridge and the velocity with which it hits the surface of water. [Take g=9.8 ms2].

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A stone dropped from a cliff on the surface of the Moon, reaches the surface of the moon in 30 s. If the acceleration due to gravity of the moon is 1.63 ms2 . Calculate

(i) the height of the cliff,

(ii) the velocity of the stone on touching the surface of the Moon.

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A stone thrown vertically upward takes 3 s to attain the maximum height. Calculate,

(i) the initial velocity of the stone.

(ii) the maximum height attained by the stone.

(Take g=9.8 ms2)

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A stone thrown vertically upward returns to the thrower in 4 s Calculate

(i) the initial velocity of the stone 

(ii) the maximum height attained by the stone. Take  g=10 m s-2.

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A fielder takes a catch 3 s after the player has hit the ball. Assuming that the fielder takes catch at the same height, at which the ball was hit, calculate (i) how high did the ball rise, (ii) the final velocity of the ball. Take g=9.8 m s-2.
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A stone thrown vertically upward rises to a height of 29.34 m on the surface of the moon. If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon is 1.63 m s-2. Calculate the initial velocity of the stone. 
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9th CBSE
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A stone thrown vertically upward rises to a height of 29.34 m on the surface of the moon. If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon is 1.63 m s-2. Calculate the time taken to gain the maximum height.