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Astronauts on a distant planet throw a rock straight
Chapter 2, Problem 101GP(choose chapter or problem)
Astronauts on a distant planet throw a rock straight upward and record its motion with a video camera. After digitizing their video, they are able to produce the graph of height, 𝑦, versus time, 𝑡, shown in Figure 2–36. (a) What is the acceleration of gravity on this planet? (b) What was the initial speed of the rock?
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QUESTION:
Astronauts on a distant planet throw a rock straight upward and record its motion with a video camera. After digitizing their video, they are able to produce the graph of height, 𝑦, versus time, 𝑡, shown in Figure 2–36. (a) What is the acceleration of gravity on this planet? (b) What was the initial speed of the rock?
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In this problem, for an Astronauts on a distant planet, throws a rock straight in upwards direction, we need to find, (a) the acceleration of gravity of planet and (b) the initial speed of the rock.