Free fall from the Tower of Pisa Had Galileo dropped a

Chapter 3, Problem 13E

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Free fall from the Tower of Pisa Had Galileo dropped a cannonball from the Tower of Pisa, 179 ft above the ground, the ball’s height above the ground t sec into the fall would have been s = 179 - 16t2.a. What would have been the ball’s velocity, speed, and acceleration at time t ?b. About how long would it have taken the ball to hit the ground?c. What would have been the ball’s velocity at the moment of impact?

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