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A stone is dropped from rest from a height of on Earth
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation
Problem
A stone is dropped from rest from a height of
10
m
10\,\text{m}
10
m
on Earth. How many times longer will it take to reach the ground on the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is
1
6
g
E
\dfrac16\,g_{E}
6
1
g
E
? Give your answer as a ratio
t
Moon
t
Earth
\dfrac{t_{\text{Moon}}}{t_{\text{Earth}}}
t
Earth
t
Moon
.
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