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A body is thrown up from the top of a tower with some velocity reaches the ground in 16 second. The same body if thrown with same velocity in downward direction reaches the ground in 4 second. If the body is just dropped from the tower, then it will reach the ground in time:

A

10 s

B

8 s

C

6 s

D

None of these

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