College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 50P
ǀ Measuring g. One way to measure g on another planet or moon by remote sensing is to measure how long it takes an object to fall a given distance. A lander vehicle on a distant planet records the fact that it takes 3.17 s for a ball to fall freely 11.26 m, starting from rest. (a) What is the acceleration due to gravity on that planet? Express your answer in m/s2 and in earth g’s. (b) How fast is the ball moving just as it lands?
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