A body falling from a high Minaret travels 40 meters in the last 2 seconds of its fall to ground. Height of Minaret in meters is (take 
)
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B
Let height of minaret is H and body take time T to fall from top to bottom.
… (i)
In last 2 sec . body travels distance of 40 meter so in 
sec distance travelled 
.
… (ii)
By solving (i) and (ii) 
sec and 
.
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