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If an object takes 5 seconds to fall off a building, how high is the building?
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If an object takes 5 seconds to fall off a building, how high is the building?

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Given that it takes 5 seconds to fall off the building:
distance fallen = 1/2 * 9.8 * 5^2 = 122.5 meter

Therefore the building is 122.5 meters high.
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