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A stone thrown down with a speed takes a time , to reach the ground, while another stone, thrown upwards from the same point with the same speed, takes time . The maximum height the second stone reaches from the ground is
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The displacement–time graph of a moving object is shown in the figure. The velocity–time graph representing the motion of the same body is,

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A student performs an experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity . The student throws a steel ball up with initial velocity and measures the height travelled by it at different times . The graph the student should plot on the graph paper to readily obtain the value of is-

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A person goes from point to point covering of the distance with speed , the next of the distance at and the last of the distance at . The average speed of the person is

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A ball is dropped vertically from height and is bouncing elastically on the floor (see figure). Which of the following plots best depicts the acceleration of the ball as a function of time.

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A particle starts moving along a line from zero initial velocity and comes to rest after moving distance . During its motion it had a constant acceleration over of the distance, and covered the rest of the distance with constant retardation. The time taken to cover the distance is

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If a ball is thrown at a velocity of in vertical upward direction, then what would be the velocity profile as a function of height? Assume .
