OBJECTIVE

Solve word problems involving free fall motion.

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #1
A one-euro coin is dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and falls freely from rest. What are its
position and velocity after 1.0 s, 2.0 s, and 3.0 s?
CASE 1: DROPPED FROM A CERTAIN HEIGHT

Given Equations
 
 

Required  
 

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #1
A one-euro coin is dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and falls freely from rest. What are its
position and velocity after 1.0 s, 2.0 s, and 3.0 s?
CASE 1: DROPPED FROM A CERTAIN HEIGHT

Solution

Displacement
 

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #1
A one-euro coin is dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and falls freely from rest. What are its
position and velocity after 1.0 s, 2.0 s, and 3.0 s?
CASE 1: DROPPED FROM A CERTAIN HEIGHT

Solution

Velocity
 

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #1
A one-euro coin is dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and falls freely from rest. What are its
position and velocity after 1.0 s, 2.0 s, and 3.0 s?
CASE 1: DROPPED FROM A CERTAIN HEIGHT

t= 1s

t= 2s

t= 3s

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #2
You throw a ball downward from a window at a speed of 2.0 m/s. How fast will it be moving when it hi
ts the  sidewalk 2.5 m below?
CASE 2: Thrown Downward

  Given Equation

 
   
Solution
 
Required

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #3
A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being dropped. Determine
the depth of the well and the final velocity of the stone before it hits the water.
CASE 1: Dropped from a certain height

Given Equation
   

 
 
 
Solution
Required    
y
   

 
 
 
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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #4
An object is thrown 2. 5 m/s upward. Compute the maximum height reached by the object and the time
it remains in air before landing back again to its point of release.
CASE 3: Thrown Upward

Given Equation
   
 
 

Required
(a) y
(b) T

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #4
An object is thrown 2. 5 m/s upward. Compute the maximum height reached by the object and the time
it remains in air before landing back again to its point of release.
CASE 3: Thrown Upward

Solution

 
 
  Total time
  spent in air.
 

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #5
You throw a beanbag up  in the air and catch it 2.2 s later at the same place at which you threw it.  (a)
How high did it go? b. What was its initial velocity?
CASE 3: Thrown Upward

Given Equation

Required  

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM #5
You throw a beanbag up  in the air and catch it 2.2 s later at the same place at which you threw it.  (a)
How high did it go? b. What was its initial velocity?
CASE 3: Thrown Upward

Solution

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