Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 36SP
A body falls freely from rest. Find (a) its acceleration, (b) the distance it falls in 3.0 s,
(c) its speed after falling 70 m, (d) the time required to reach a speed of 25 m/s, and (e)
the time taken to fall 300 m.
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