Cliff Height. You are climbing in the High Sierra where

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Cliff Height. You are climbing in the High Sierra where you suddenly find yourself at the edge of a fog-shrouded cliff. To 2.0 m>s2 . 5.0 m>s2 . 340 m>s. 132.5 m>s 3.50 m>s2 35.0 m>s2 25.0 m>s? 125 m>s2. 56 mi>h 170 ft2 find the height of this cliff, you drop a rock from the top and 10.0 s later hear the sound of it hitting the ground at the foot of the cliff. (a) Ignoring air resistance, how high is the cliff if the speed of sound is (b) Suppose you had ignored the time it takes the sound to reach you. In that case, would you have overestimated or underestimated the height of the cliff? Explain your reasoning.

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