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A sphere falls through a liquid and eventually reaches terminal speed. Which graph shows the variation with time of the distance travelled by the sphere?

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A steel ball of mass m is thrown vertically downwards with initial speed u near the Earth's surface. The rate of change of momentum of the ball as it falls is:
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A lunar module is descending vertically above the lunar surface. The speed of the module is decreasing. Which is a free-body diagram of the force on the landing module?
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A person of mass m stands on weighing scales in an elevator. The elevator is accelerating upwards with acceleration a. The reaction force from the scales on the person is R. What is the reading on the scales?
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A body of mass 3M at rest explodes into two pieces of mass M and 2M. What is the ratio of the kinetic energy of M to that of 2M?
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The power delivered by a car engine is constant. A car starts from rest. Resistance forces are negligible. Which graph shows the variation with time of the speed of the car?
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The diagram shows two identical containers, X and Y, that are connected by a thin tube of negligible volume. Initially container X is filled with water of mass m up to a height h and Y is empty.

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The valve is then opened and both containers contain equal quantities of water. The loss of gravitational potential energy of the water is:

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A person of mass m stands on roller skates facing a wall. After pushing against the wall with a constant force F he moves away, reaching speed v after a distance d. What is the work done by F?
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Consider that one object is thrown directly downward at a displacement of 32 meters with an initial velocity of 13 m/s. How much time it will take to reach the maximum point? ( is in a sec)