KE = (1/2) (mass) (speed)²
KE = (1/2) (20 kg) (40 m/s)²
KE = (1/2) (20 kg) (1,600 m²/s²)
KE = (10 kg) (1,600 m²/s²)
KE = 16,000 Joules
Answer:
14 m/s
Explanation:
The motion of the book is a free fall motion, so it is an uniformly accelerated motion with constant acceleration g=9.8 m/s^2 towards the ground. Therefore we can find the final velocity by using the equation:

where
u = 0 is the initial speed
g = 9.8 m/s^2 is the acceleration
d = 10.0 m is the distance covered by the book
Substituting data, we find

If,

then, with 3x time t, (suppose, new distance is h)




Therefore, new distance h will be 9 times bigger than distance d.
answer: c