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From the top of a cliff, a person throws a stone straight downward. The initial

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Question

From the top of a cliff, a person throws a stone straight downward. The initial speed of the stone just after leaving the person's hand is 9.7 m/s.

(a) What is the acceleration (magnitude and direction) of the stone while it moves downward, after leaving the person's hand?


Is the stone's speed increasing or decreasing?

increasingdecreasing    


(b) After 0.54 s, how far beneath the top of the cliff is the stone? (Give just the distance fallen, that is, a magnitude.)
m

magnitude     m/s2 direction     ---Select--- upward downward The magnitude is zero.

Explanation / Answer

a)

acceleration on the stone is acceleration due to gravity

Its magnitude is 9.8 m/s^2

Its direction is downward

Answer:

9.8 m/s^2

downward

b)

Taking downward direction as positive:

vi = 9.7 m/s

a = 9.8 m/s^2

t = 0.54 s

use:

d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t^2

= 9.7*0.54 + 0.5*9.8*(0.54)^2

= 5.24 + 1.43

= 6.67 m

Answer: 6.7 m

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