<span>IDK the answer but I think it was "Ptolemy" whose geocentric model of the solar system was accepted for 1,400 years, and was embraced by the the Church until Galileo called it into question.</span>
Given that,
Initial velocity , Vi = 0
Final velocity , Vf = 40 m/s
Acceleration due to gravity , a = 9.81 m/s²
Distance can be calculated as,
2as = Vf² - Vi²
2 * 9.81 *s = 40² - 0²
s = 81.55 m
For half height, that is, s = 40.77m
Vf= ??
2as = Vf² - Vi²
2 * 9.81 * 40.77 = Vf² - 0²
Vf² = 800
Vf = 28.28 m/s
Therefore, speed of roller coaster when height is half of its starting point will be 28 m/s.
Is this a multiple choice question? Or would you just like me to state generally the greatest influence over how big a baby elephant will grow ?
