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BogMonkey
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I'm reading a maths book called Thomas Calculus and in their method for getting the average speed of an object when only the height its dropped from is known is this formula here which they call Galileos law:
y = 16t^2
y being the distance traveled after time. What I don't get is where they get the 16 from. All they say about it is "where 16 is the constant of proportionality". Where did they get this constant of proportionality from and does this 16 apply to all falling object scenarios?
y = 16t^2
y being the distance traveled after time. What I don't get is where they get the 16 from. All they say about it is "where 16 is the constant of proportionality". Where did they get this constant of proportionality from and does this 16 apply to all falling object scenarios?