The velocity of the brick is 39.2 m/s downward
Explanation:
The motion of the brick is a free fall motion, since the object is affected only by the force of gravity. Therefore, it has a uniformly accelerated motion towards the ground, with constant acceleration of
.
So, we can find its velocity using the suvat equation:

where
v is the final velocity
u is the initial velocity
a is the acceleration
t is the time
For the brick in this problem (taking downward as positive direction)
u = 0 (it is dropped from rest)

Therefore, its velocity after t = 4.0 s is:

Downward, because the sign is positive.
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