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Homework Statement
It’s your lucky day! You have been chosen by NASA to be the astronaut for its first
intergalactic expedition. In your excitement for the mission, however, you forgot to read
the road map and you have no idea where your spacecraft landed. Your intimate
knowledge of physics will save the day since you have a detailed database of the
acceleration due to gravity for all known planets in the universe. Stepping out of your
Mark 98-Q Ultratrav ion-drive spacecraft , you drop a 10 kg tool box from a 2 m height
and note that it takes 1.4 seconds to reach the ground. What is the acceleration due to
gravity on this planet?
Homework Equations
v=delta_h/delta_t
The Attempt at a Solution
I used v=(h_0-h_f)/(delta_t), got v=1.43 m/s. I'm not sure how to proceed from here.