Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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- 5. A 1-kilogram mass has just been dropped from the roof of a building. I need to catch it after it has fallen exactly 100 meters. If I weight 80 kilograms and start running at 7 meters per second as soon as the object is released, how far away can I stand and still catch the object?
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