Imagine that you are on the roof of the physics building 46 m above the ground. Your physics teacher who is 1.80 m tall walks alongside the building at a constant speed of 1.2 m/s if you want to drop an egg on your teacher's head. Professor Where should it be when you release the egg? Suppose the egg is in free fall.

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Imagine that you are on the roof of the physics building 46 m above the ground. Your physics teacher who is 1.80 m tall walks alongside the building at a constant speed of 1.2 m/s if you want to drop an egg on your teacher's head. Professor Where should it be when you release the egg?
Suppose the egg is in free fall.

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