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A camera is accidentally knocked off an edge of a cliff 400 ft high. The camera falls a distance of s = 16t2 in t seconds. How long does the camera fall before it hits the ground?

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A camera is accidentally knocked off an edge of a cliff 400 ft high. The camera falls a distance of s = 16t2 in t seconds. How long does the camera fall before it hits the ground?

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The camera falls a distance of s = 16t2 in t seconds

s = 400 ft

∴ 16t2 = 400

t2 = `400/16` = 25

t = 5 sec

∴ Camera falls for 5 sec before it hits the ground.

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अध्याय 7: Applications of Differential Calculus - Exercise 7.1 [पृष्ठ ८]

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अध्याय 7 Applications of Differential Calculus
Exercise 7.1 | Q 2. (i) | पृष्ठ ८

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