Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 3E
A large rock is dropped from the top of a high cliff. Assuming that air resistance can be ignored and that the acceleration has the constant value of 10 m/s2, how fast would the rock be traveling 6 seconds after it is dropped? What is this speed in MPH? (See conversion factors.)
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