SOLUTION: Martha was leaning out of the window on the second floor of her house and speaking to Steve. Suddenly, her glasses slipped from her nose. The glasses hit the ground in 2.2 seconds.
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Question 28460: Martha was leaning out of the window on the second floor of her house and speaking to Steve. Suddenly, her glasses slipped from her nose. The glasses hit the ground in 2.2 seconds. Neglecting the effects of air resistance, answer the questions below.
A. What is the height of the window from the ground?
B. What was the impact velocity of the glasses? Answer by askmemath(368) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Following Newton's Laws of Motion where g = acceleration due to gravity= and t is the time
So we get
I'll leave it to you to solve
And Newton was good enough to give this answer as well
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