Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Author: Katz, Debora M.
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Chapter 2, Problem 61PQ
In the movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, after being told that Darth Vader is his father, Luke Skywalker falls from a ledge in Cloud City (not on the Earth, so the magnitude of the free-fall acceleration is not necessarily 9.81 m/s2). Suppose he falls a distance of 28.5 m in 2.5 s. Assuming he starts from rest, answer the following questions. a. What is Luke’s velocity 2.5 s after he starts to fall? b. What is the constant acceleration due to gravity, experienced by Luke, on Cloud City? Use an upward-pointing y axis.
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