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A life preserver is thrown from an helicopter straight down to a person in distress. The initial velocity of the life preserver

is 1.60 m/s and it takes 2.3 s to reach the water. (a) List the knowns in this problem. (b) How high above the water was the preserver released? Note Ignore air resistance.

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Leno4ka [110]3 years ago

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Answer:29.627 m

Explanation:

Given

Initial velocity of life preserver(u) is 1.6 m/s

it takes 2.3 s to reach the water

using equation of motion

v=u+at

$v=1.6+9.81\times 2.3$

v=24.163 m/s

Let s be the height of life preserver

$v^2-u^2=2gs$

$24.163^2-1.6^2=2\times 9.81\times s$

$s=\frac{581.29}{2\times 9.81}$

s=29.627 m

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