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A car falls off a bridge and drops to the ground in 0.5s. Let g=10m/s2 the what is its average speed during 0.5s ?

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1.25m/s
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2.5m/s
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5m/s
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10m/s
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Solution

The correct option is B 2.5m/s
Answer is B.
The total distance traveled by the falling car to the ground is calculated as follows.

s=ut+12at2 where,
s - distance covered
u - initial velocity which is 0 in this case
a- acceleration due to gravity which is 10m/s2
t- 0.5 seconds

Substituting these values in the given equation we get,
s=0×0.5+12×10×0.52=1.25m

The average speed is calculated using the formula, Averagespeed=distancetimem/s

Therefore, Averagespeed=1.25m0.5s=2.5m/s.

Hence, the average speed in which the car falls to the ground is 2.5 m/s.

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