What type of motion, uniform or non-uniform, is exhibited by a freely falling body ? Give reason for your answer.

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A freely falling body has non-uniform motion because it covers smaller distances in the initial '1 seconds' intervals and larger distances in the later '1second' intervals i.e. it covers unequal distances in equal intervals of time.

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(1) Distance and displacement are different concepts.

(2) An object at rest can be considered to have uniform motion.

(3) When a body falls freely to the ground, its motion has an uniform acceleration.

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