Question

A child blows a leaf from rest straight up in the air. the leaf has a constant upward acceleration of magnitude 1.0 m by s square. how much time does it take the leaf to displace 1.0m upwards?

Answer 1

Answer:

√2

Explanation:

From the question, we're given that the

Acceleration of the leaf is 1 m/s²

Change in displacement of the leaf is 1 m/s.

Again, from the question, we can tell that the initial velocity u = 0, since the object starts at rest

Now, to solve this, we don't the equation of motion to ur

S = ut + 1/2at², substituting the whole parameters, we then have

1 = 0 * t + 1/2 * 1 * t²

1 = 1/2 * t²

t²/2 = 1

t² = 2

t = √2 seconds

Therefore the time it takes the leaf to dislodge is 2 seconds