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The plane has just taken off and reached a height of 200 m when one of its wheels falls off.

The wheel has a mass of 300 kg.
What speed does it hit the ground with?
(Ignore air resistance.)
Give your answer to the nearest 0.1 m/s

Use g = 9.8 m/s2 for the acceleration due to gravity.

A
6.3 m/s

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The dude on the top is right it’s 63
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Answer: 63 m/s

Explanation: If wheel drops vertically, you can use

conservation of energy : Ep = Ek. mgh = ½mv^2 and

solve v = √(2gh ) = √ (2·9.81 m/s²·200 m) = 62.6 m/s.

NOTE: wheel has also horizontal speed which was not mentioned here.

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