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atlanticsun57
Nov 4, 2007, 07:53 PM
Anna walks off the end of a 10.0 m diving platform
a) What is her acceleration in m/s2 toward the pool?
b) how long does it take her to reach the water?
c) What is her velocity when she reaches the water?
terryg752
Nov 5, 2007, 04:10 AM
Hints:
any thing falling freely has acceleration (due to gravity) = g
If u is initial velocity, a is acceleration, and s is distance travelled, the following quadratic
will you give you the time taken t, which must be a positve number!
s = ut + 1/2 at^2
If you know time t, initial velocity u, acceleration a, the following gives you final velocity v:
v = u + at
I hope the above helps.
pawel
Nov 11, 2007, 12:31 AM
any thing falling freely has acceleration (due to gravity) = g
If u is initial velocity, a is acceleration, and s is distance travelled, the following quadratic
will you give you the time taken t, which must be a positve number!
s = ut + 1/2 at^2
If you know time t, initial velocity u, acceleration a, the following gives you final velocity v:
v = u + at
I hope the above helps.