severity of a fall depends on your speed when you strike

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severity of a fall depends on your speed when you strike the ground. All factors but the acceleration due to gravity being the same, how many times higher could a safe fall on the Moon be than on Earth (gravitational acceleration on the Moon is about 1/6 that of the Earth)?

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QUESTION:

severity of a fall depends on your speed when you strike the ground. All factors but the acceleration due to gravity being the same, how many times higher could a safe fall on the Moon be than on Earth (gravitational acceleration on the Moon is about 1/6 that of the Earth)?

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Step-by-step solution Step 1 of 4 The equation for the vertical displacement of an object in free fall is, Here is the vertical displacement of an object, is initial velocity of the object, is final velocity of the object.

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