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A briefcase (small bag) is
thrown at a velocity of 248.5
m/s at a height of 9.7 m. At the
same time, a laptop is dropped
from the same height from
rest. The difference between t
the time it takes the briefcase
to hit the ground, and t2, the
time it takes the dropped
:laptop to hit the ground is

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