Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 83P
You’re a consultant on a movie set, and the producer wants a car to drop so that it crosses the camera’s field of view in time Δt. The field of view has height h. Derive an expression for the height above the top of the field of view from which the car should be released.
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