Answer:
5.4 ms⁻¹
Explanation:
Here we have to use conservation of energy. Initially when the stick is held vertical, its center of mass is at some height above the ground, hence the stick has some gravitational potential energy. As the stick is allowed to fall, its rotates about one. gravitational potential energy of the stick gets converted into rotational kinetic energy.
= length of the meter stick = 1 m
= mass of the meter stick
= angular speed of the meter stick as it hits the floor
= speed of the other end of the stick
we know that, linear speed and angular speed are related as

= height of center of mass of meter stick above the floor = 
= Moment of inertia of the stick about one end
For a stick, momentof inertia about one end has the formula as

Using conservation of energy
Rotational kinetic energy of the stick = gravitational potential energy

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The answer is: B. Kinetic energy
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Why?</h2>
Since the ball is falling, speed increases because the gravity acceleration is acting. When speed increases, the kinetic energy increases too, so the ball is gaining kinetic energy.
The gravity acceleration is equal to
, it means that when falling, the ball will increase it's speed 9.81m every second.
We can calculate the kinetic energy by using the following formula:

Where:

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Acceleration
Explanation:
Acceleration is a physical quantity that expresses the change in the velocity of a body per unit of time.
Acceleration = 
V is the initial velocity
U is the final velocity
T is the time
It is has a unit of m/s²
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