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An object falls freely from a height of 25m onto the roof a building 5m high. Calculate the velocity with which the object strikes the roof (g=10\(ms^{-2}\)

  • A. 17.3\(ms^{-2}\)
  • B. 20\(ms^{-2}\)
  • C. 24.5\(ms^{-2}\)
  • D. 125\(ms^{-2}\)
  • E. 200\(ms^{-2}\)
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477

A ball of mass 0.1kg approaching a tennis player with a velocity of 10ms\(^{-1}\),is hit back in the opposite direction with a velocity of 15ms\(^{-1}\). If the time of impact between the racket and the ball is 0.01s, calculate the magnitude of the force with which the ball is hit

  • A. 5000N
  • B. 500N
  • C. 250N
  • D. 50N
  • E. 25N
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478

Two blocks of the same dimension, one steel and the other wooden are dropped simultaneously from the same height. If they fall freely neglecting air resistance the?

  • A. Two blocks hit the ground simultaneously because they have the same acceleration
  • B. Two blocks reach the ground at the same time because their dimensions are the same
  • C. Wooden block being lighter than the steel block reaches the ground first
  • D. Steel block reaches the ground first because it is denser than the wooden block
  • E. Steel block takes half as much time as the wooden block to reach the ground because it is more massive than the wooden block
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479
Two forces 3N and 4N act on a body in directions due north and due east respectively. Calculate their equilibrant
  • A. 5N 53° east of North
  • B. 5N 53° west of the south
  • C. 5N 37° north of east
  • D. 7N 37° west of North
  • E. 7N 37° south of west
View Answer & Discuss (10) WAEC 1997
480

A missile weighing 400N on the earth surface is shot into the atmosphere to an altitude of 6.4 x \(10^{-6}\)m. Taking the earth as a sphere of radius 6.4 x \(10^{-6}\)m and assuming the inverse-square law of universal gravitation, what would be the weight of the missile at that altitude?

  • A. 100N
  • B. 200N
  • C. 400N
  • D. 800N
  • E. 1600N
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