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a family is 500 feet above the ground in the basket of a hot-air balloon ascending at the cosistat rate shown. At that height, someone accidentally drops a penny out of the balloon

a family is 500 feet above the ground in the basket of a hot-air balloon ascending-example-1
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We will have that the expression that represents the fall of the penny is:


h_p(t)=(1)/(2)gt^2

Her g is the gravitational pull of earth (It is inferred that it is negative in nature since the object will be falling) and t is the time the object has traveled.

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