Motion Under Gravity
A boy standing at the top of a tower of 20 m height drops a stone. Assuming g = 10 m s, the velocity with which it hits the ground is
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Answer: (b)
- Dropped from rest:
- m/s
- So the answer is (b) 20.0 m/s.
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