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An object falls from a high building. Ignoring air resistance,what will its velocity be after 6 seconds?

An object falls from a high building. Ignoring air resistance,what will its velocity-example-1

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Gravity adds 9.8 m/s to the speed of a falling object every second.

If it started out with zero speed, then after 6 seconds,
its speed is

(6) x (9.8 m/s) = 58.8 m/s .

Its velocity is 58.8 m/s downward.
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the velocity will be 58.8 m/s
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