Having some conceptual trouble with this problem: "a falling object travels one-fourth of its total distance in the last second of its fall. what height was it dropped from? " would someone me set this one up?

Explain why the aperture of the spherical mirror should be small compared to the radius of curvature of the mirror.

Aforce of 200 n is applied to an input piston of cross-sectional area 2 sq. cm pushing it downward 2.8 cm. how far does the output piston of cross-sectional area 12 sq. cm move upward? show all work.

The intensity of a polarized electromagnetic wave is 12 w/m^2. part a) what will be the intensity after passing through a polarizing filter whose axis makes the angle θ=0∘ with the plane of polarization? part b) what will be the intensity after passing through a polarizing filter whose axis makes the angle θ=30∘ with the plane of polarization? part c) what will be the intensity after passing through a polarizing filter whose axis makes the angle θ=45∘ with the plane of polarization? part d) what will be the intensity after passing through a polarizing filter whose axis makes the angle θ=60∘ with the plane of polarization? part e) what will be the intensity after passing through a polarizing filter whose axis makes the angle θ=90∘ with the plane of polarization?