SOLUTION: 1: You are standing on a ladder, helping with some repairs at home. You drop a hammer and it hits the floor at a speed of 12 feet per second. If the acceleration due to gravity(g)

Question 1056563: 1: You are standing on a ladder, helping with some repairs at home. You drop a hammer and it hits the floor at a speed of 12 feet per second. If the acceleration due to gravity(g) is 32 feet/second^2,how far above the ground(h) was the hammer when you dropped it? use the formula v = √2gh Any help would be appreciated :-)

Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1: You are standing on a ladder, helping with some repairs at home. You drop a hammer and it hits the floor at a speed
of 12 feet per second. If the acceleration due to gravity(g) is 32 feet/second^2, how far above the ground (h)
was the hammer when you dropped it? use the formula v = √2gh Any help would be appreciated :-)
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v =  ----->   = 2gh   ----->  h = 


h =  =  = 2.25 ft.


Answer. h = 2.25 ft.

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