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A trolley of height 0.2m moving on a horizontal bench of height 3.2m strikes a barrier at the edge of the bench. The object on...

      

A trolley of height 0.2m moving on a horizontal bench of height 3.2m strikes a barrier at the edge of the bench. The object on top of the trolley flies off on impact and lands on the ground 2.5m from the edge of the bench as shown in the figure below.
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Use this information to answer the questions that follow.
(i) Give a reason why the object on the trolley flies off on impact.
(ii) Determine the time taken by the object to reach the ground.

  

Answers


Kavungya
(i) This is due to inertia, the object tends to continue in uniform motion in a straight line.
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Kavungya answered the question on June 3, 2019 at 05:31


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