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Two bodies begin to fall freely from the same height. The second body begins to fall `'tau'` s after the first. After what time from the beginning of first body dose the distance between the bodies equals to l?

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Let the time of fall of the 1st body be t seconds.
Time of fall of second body = `t-tau` .
Distances of free fall of the bodies in the above time intervals respectively are
`H_1=(g t^2)/2 , H_2=(g(t-tau)^2)/2`
Therefore `l=H_1-H_2= g t tau -1/2 g tau^2`
`therefore t=l/(g tau)+tau/2`
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