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| Dec12-11, 05:04 PM | #1 |
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Determining Acceleration
A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2 Determine the time for the feather to fall to the surface of the moon.
So, I wrote my given: d=1.4 m a= 1.67 m/s2 both initial and final velocity= 0 I know I am looking for time, but I have no idea what equation to use. I tried: vf= vi+at , but I didn't get the right answer. The answer should be 1.29 s. Any help would be much appreciated, please and thank you!:) |
| Dec12-11, 05:07 PM | #2 |
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Well what equation involves d,a,t and u (initial velocity)?
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| Dec12-11, 05:13 PM | #3 |
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This does: d=vi+1/2*at2
but I didn't get the right answer with that either, I got .75:( |
| Dec12-11, 06:01 PM | #4 |
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Determining Acceleration
I got the right answer now.:)
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