Finding the distance a plant falls

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The problem involves a freefall scenario where a flowerpot falls from a windowsill and passes a window of known height. The objective is to determine the distance from the windowsill to the top of the window, given the time it takes for the pot to pass the window.

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  • Participants discuss the initial solution provided and the reasoning behind it. There is an emphasis on verifying the calculations related to the time and height of the fall.

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The discussion includes a proposed solution, which some participants appear to validate. However, there is no explicit consensus on the correctness of the solution, and further exploration of the reasoning may be ongoing.

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Participants may be operating under the assumption that air resistance can be ignored, and the time and height measurements are accurate. There is no mention of additional constraints or information that could affect the problem.

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A freefall problem

A flowerpot falls off a windowsill and falls past the window below. You may ignore air resistance. It takes the pot .420 s to pass this window, which is 1.90 m high. How far is the top of the window below the windowsill from which the flowerpot fell?
 
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Show us first your initial solution... :smile:
 
.31 m
 
mathforkicks said:
.31 m

That looks good.
 

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