At Great Adventure Amusement Park in New Jersey, a popular ride known as "Free Fall" carries passengers up to a height of 33.5 m and drops them to the ground. How fast are the passengers going at the bottom on this exhilarating journey?
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Explanation:
Assuming that the passengers are indeed subject to free fall, we just use the kinematic equation with initial velocity zero and an acceleration of g = 9.81 m/s :
Where we set
Hence
Note : This question can also be solved in one line using the kinematic equation that is really the combination of the two above: