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document.write( "v = at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400 = 32t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 12.5 seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = at^2/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 32*12.5^2/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2500 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I once dropped a chicken from an helicopter at 3000 feet.<BR>\n" );
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