A little girl accidentally drops a 62 kg object from her balcony. This balcony has a height of 493 feet. 1.)How long will it take the object to hit the pavement? 2.)Sketch a graph of the displacement of the object as a function of time.

A little girl accidentally drops a 62 kg object from her balcony. This balcony has a height of 493 feet. 1.)How long will it take the object to hit the pavement? 2.)Sketch a graph of the displacement of the object as a function of time.

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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A little girl accidentally drops a 62 kg object from her balcony. This balcony has a height of 493 feet.

1.)How long will it take the object to hit the pavement?

2.)Sketch a graph of the displacement of the object as a function of time.

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