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)

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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 :-)

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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 = sqrt%282gh%29 ----->  v%5E2 = 2gh   ----->  h = v%5E2%2F%282g%29


h = %2812%5E2%29%2F%282%2A32%29 = 144%2F64 = 2.25 ft.


Answer. h = 2.25 ft.