THIS time, though, there is a window in the floor, and you can see that you re in a rocket which has just taken off from the surface of an alien planet. By taking careful measurements out that window you determine that the rocket is accelerating upward at 7.44 m/s^2. When you drop a ball from a height of 2.20 m, it hits the floor 0.358 s later. What is the value of g for the alien world below you? 35.5 m/s^2 53.8 m/s^2 26.9 m/s^2 44.1 m/s^2

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  1. THIS time, though, there is a window in the floor, and you can see that you re in a rocket which has just taken off from the surface of an alien planet. By taking careful measurements out that window you determine that the rocket is accelerating upward at 7.44 m/s^2. When you drop a ball from a height of 2.20 m, it hits the floor 0.358 s later. What is the value of g for the alien world below you?
       
    35.5 m/s^2
       
    53.8 m/s^2
       
    26.9 m/s^2
       
    44.1 m/s^2
     
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