Question

A turnip is dropped from a height of 70 meters. How long does it take to hit the ground?

Answer 1

We have the equation of motion
`s = ut + (1)/(2) at^2`, where s is the displacement, a is the acceleration, u is the initial velocity and t is the time taken.

Here displacement = 70 m, Initial velocity = 0 m/s, acceleration = 9.81
`m/s^2`

Substituting

`70 = 0*t+(1)/(2) *9.8*t^2\\ \\ 4.9t^2 =70\\ \\ t =3.78 seconds`

So a turnip is dropped from a height of 70 meters will take 3.78 seconds to reach the ground.