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Read Chapter 2.6 and answer the following:
1. Suzi is sitting on a ledge when a rock falls from 40.0 m above her. How fast is
the rock moving when it gets to Suzi?
2. Tommy drops a book out the tower of a church and notices that it takes 2.0 s
to hit the ground. How tall is the tower window?
3. A seagull drops a clam from a height of 25.0 m. How long will it take for the
clam to fall to the ground?
4. Fred jumps off a 100.0 m cliff. How fast will he be going 25 m from the ground?
5. A unique type of basketball is played on the planet Gorn. During the game, a
player flies above the basket and drops the ball in from a height of 10.0 m. If
the ball takes 5.00 s to fall, what is the acceleration due to gravity?
6. Sue is walking under a coconut tree when a coconut
falls and lands on her toe. If the nut fell for 1.4 s, how
fast was it going when it hit her toe?
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7. Biff throws a baseball straight up with an initial speed of 12 m/s. How long will
it take for the ball to hit the ground?
8. If Jan wants to throw a football to a height of 60.0 m, how fast must she first
throw the ball?
9. Jeff throws a ball down out of a window 100.0 m above the ground with a
speed of 20.0 m/s. How fast is the ball going when it hits the ground?
10. How long does it take for the ball to hit the ground in #9?