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A ball is dropped from a height h and covers h/2 distance in the last second, calculate for how long it remains in air

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The total distance covered in time t by the body to reach the ground is given by,

h1=1/2gt^2

=1/2×10×t^2

=5t^2

The body moves for (t−1) second before the beginning of the last second.

The velocity of the body at an instant (t−1) second isv=g(t−1)=10(t−1)

This is the initial velocity for the motion in the last one second. 

The distance covered in this one second is

h^2=10(t−1)×1+1/2×10×1^2

=10(t−1)+5=10t−5

It is given that,

h^2=h1/2

Therefore,10t−5=5t^2/2

or 

t^2−4t+2=0

or 

t=(2±2)−−√ s
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