Question
Assertion : When a body is dropped or thrown horizontally from the same height, it would reach the ground at the same time.
Reason : Horizontal velocity has no effect on the vertical direction.

Answer

(a) Both body will take same time to reach the earth because vertical downward component of velocity for both the bodies will be zero and time of descent $t=\sqrt{\frac{2 h}{g}}$. Horizontal velocity has no effect on the vertical direction.

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