show that for a body moving with uniform acceleration ,the distance covered by it in the nth second is given by Snth =ut +a/2(2n-1)
Its easy to derive
let us assume that the initial velocity of the object be 'u' and it moves under constant acceleration 'a'.
Now,
let Sn-1 be the distance travelled by the object in (n-1) seconds
let Sn be the distance travelled by the article in n seconds
so, the distance travelled in nth second will be
Dn = Sn - Sn-1 (1)
we also know that
s = ut + (1/2)at2
so,
Sn = un + (1/2)an2 (2)
Sn-1 = u(n-1) + (1/2)a(n-1)2 (3)
so, (1) becomes
Dn = un + (1/2)an2 - u(n-1) + (1/2)a(n-1)2
or
Dn = un = (1/2)an2 - un + u - (1/2)an2 + an - (a/2)
thus, by solving further, we get
the distance travelled in nth second of uniformly accelerated motion
D n = u + (a/2)[2n - 1]