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During a tornado in 2008 the Peachtree Plaza Westin Hotel in downtown Atlanta suffered damage. Suppose a piece of glass dropped

near the top of the hotel falls 215 meters. How long would it take the piece of glass to hit the ground?

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Darina [25.2K]3 years ago

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Answer:

Time = t = 6.62 s

Explanation:

Given data:

Height = h = 215 m

Initial velocity = $v_{i}$ = 0 m/s

gravitational acceleration = g = 9.8 m/s²

Time = t = ?

According to second equation of motion

$h = v_{i}t + \frac{1}{2}gt^{2}$

As initial velocity is zero, So the first term of right hand side of above equation equal to zero.

$h = \frac{1}{2}gt^{2}$

t² = $\frac{2h}{g}$

t = $\sqrt{\frac{2h}{g} }$

t = $\sqrt{\frac{(2)(215) }{9.8} }$

t = 6.62 s

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