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a boy steps off the end of a high diving board and drops into the water below. it takes the boy 0.78 seconds to reach the water. How high was the diving board?

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Answer:

7.644 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Free fall means that an object is falling freely with no forces acting upon it except gravity, a defined constant, g = -9.8 m/s2. The distance the object falls, or height, h, is 1/2 gravity x the square of the time falling.

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