Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 62P
In a chase scene, a movie stuntman runs horizontally off the flat roof of one building and lands on another roof 1.9 m lower. If the gap between the buildings is 4.5 m wide, how fast must he run to cross the gap?
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