College Physics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 57P
ǁ Two coconuts fall freely from rest at the same time, one from a tree twice as high as the other. (a) If the coconut from the taller tree reaches the ground with a speed V, what will be the speed (in terms of V) of the coconut from the other tree when it reaches the ground? (b) If the coconut from the shorter tree takes time T to reach the ground, how long (in terms of T) will it take the other coconut to reach the ground?
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