A body moving with uniform acceleration cover 10 metres in the third second and 12 metres in the 5th second find the acceleration
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A body moving with uniform acceleration cover 10 metres in the third second and 12 metres in the 5th second find the acceleration
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Answer:
According to the question, the body covered 10 meters in 3rd second and 12 meters in the 5th second.
In Physics, to calculate the displacement at the nth second, we use the formula:
Here, n refers to the second which is used.
Substituting the given information in the formula we get:
Subtracting Equation (1) from (2) we get,
⇒ 12 - 10 = u + 4.5 a - ( u + 2.5 a )
⇒ 2 = u - u + 4.5 a - 2.5 a
⇒ 2 = 2a
⇒ a = 2/2 = 1 m/s²
Hence the acceleration of the given body is 1 m/s².