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A car starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration. The ratio of the distance covered in the nth second to that covered in n seconds is

A

`2/n^2 - 1/n`

B

`2/n^2 -+ 1/n`

C

`2/n - 1/n^2`

D

`2/n + 1/n^2`

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