Wednesday, December 23, 2009

For a freely falling object dropped from rest, what is the instantaneous speed at the end of the fifth secon?

For a freely falling object dropped from rest, what is the instantaneous speed at the end of the fifth second of fall? The sixth second?For a freely falling object dropped from rest, what is the instantaneous speed at the end of the fifth secon?
velocity = acceleration * time squared





V=at^2





acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 meters per second squared or 32.2 feet per second squared





at t = 5





V=9.8 * 5^2 = 245 m/s





at t = 6





V = 9.8 * 6^2 = 353 m/s





If you need the answer if feet per second, plug in 32.2 instead of 9.8 for the acceleration.

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