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A boy standing on a long railroad car throws a ball straight upwards. The car is moving on the horizontal road with an acceleration of 1 m/s2 and the projection speed in the vertical direction in 9.8 m/s. How far the ball will fall behind the boy? (Take g=9.8 m/s2)

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4 m
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2 m
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5 m
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1 m
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Solution

The correct option is B 2 m
Let the initial velocity of car be u.
At the time of release of the ball, the horizontal velocity of ball =u
Time of flight of the ball is given by
T=2uyg=2 (uy=9.8 m/s)
Where uy= component of velocity in vertical direction
Using second equation of motion, we get
(Distance travelled by the car in time t=2 s)
xc=u×2+12×1×22=2u+2
Distance by travelled by the ball in horizontal direction =xb=u×2
Distance by which the ball falls behind the boy =xcxb=2u+22u=2 m

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