Calculating Height in a Free Fall: What's the Formula?

angina1 · Feb 18, 2006

how can i get height in a free fall problem. what's the formula

arildno · Feb 18, 2006

1. State what you know first.
2. then try to derive a suitable formula.

Tide · Feb 18, 2006

how can i get height in a free fall problem.

It might help if you actually stated what the problem is. Apart from not showing any work how can you possibly expect anyone to provide a formula to an unstated problem?

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