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Q. The water drop falls at regular intervals from a tap $5 \,m$ above the ground. The third drop is leaving the tap at instant the first drop touches the ground. How far above the ground is the second drop at that instant?

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Solution:

Height of tap $=5 m$.
For the first drop,
$5=u t+\frac{1}{2} g t^{2}=\frac{1}{2} \times 10 t^{2}=5 t^{2}$
or $t^{2}=1$
or $t=1 \sec$.
It means that the third drop leaves after one second of the first drop, or each drop leaves after every $0.5 \sec$.
Distance covered by the second drop in $0.5 sec$
$=\frac{1}{2} g t^{2}=\frac{1}{2} \times 10 \times(0.5)^{2}=1.25\, m .$
Therefore distance of the second drop above the ground $=5-1.25=3.75\, m$.