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8. Climbing a mountain, your water bottle falls and hits the ground. If it is moving at 30m/s upon impact. how far did it fall?

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Answer:

45.9 m

Step-by-step explanation:

FIRST:

vf = a t

30 = 9.81 (t) shows t = 3.06 s

THEN:

df = 1/2 a t^2

= 1/2 ( 9.81)(3.06)^2 = 45.9 m

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