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A bolt of lightning heats the surrounding air to ~30,000 K — five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
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A bolt of lightning heats the surrounding air to ~30,000 K — five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
A horizontal bridge is built across a river. A student standing on the bridge throws a small ball vertically upwards with a velocity 4 m/s. The ball strikes the water surface after 4s. The height of the bridge above the water surface is (Take m/s):
To solve this problem, we will use the kinematic equations for uniformly accelerated motion.Given:• Initial velocity m/s (upwards).• Time of flight s.• Acceleration due to gravity m/s (downwards).We need to find the height of the bridge above the water surface.Let's denote:• as the height of the bridge.• as the maximum height reached above the bridge.• as the distance the ball falls from the maximum height to the water surface.First, find the time taken to reach the maximum height: sNow, calculate the maximum height above the bridge: mThe total time of flight is 4 s, so the time taken to fall from the maximum height to the water surface is: sCalculate the distance the ball falls from the maximum height to the water surface: mThe height of the bridge is the difference between and mTherefore, the height of the bridge above the water surface is m.This corresponds to Option 3.
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