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At NASA's Zero Gravity Research Facility in Cleveland, Ohio, experimental payloads fall freely from rest in an evacuated vertical shaft through a distance of 132 m.
(a) If a particular payload has a mass of 15 kg, what is its potential energy relative to the bottom of the shaft?
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(b) How fast will the payload be traveling when it reaches the bottom of the shaft?
m/s
Convert your answer to mph for a comparison to highway speeds.
mph
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(b) How fast will the payload be traveling when it reaches the bottom of the shaft?
m/s
Convert your answer to mph for a comparison to highway speeds.
mph
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