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1. The greatest height reported for a jump into an airbag is 99.4 m by stunt man Dan Koko. In 1984 he jumped from rest from the top of the Vegas World Hotel. He struck the airbag at a speed of 39.0 m/s (88 mi/h). To assess the effects of air resistance, determine how fast he would have been traveling on impact had air resistance been absent. (-44,1 m/s) The drawing shows a device that one can make with a piece of cardboard, which can be used to measure a persons reaction time. If one holds the card at the top and suddenly drops it, another person can catch the card between his or her thumb and index finger. Initially, the fingers of the person catching the card must be level with the asterisks at the bottom. By noting where the card is caught, one can determine his or her reaction time in milliseconds (ms). Calculate the distances d1, d2, and d3, the card fell during each of three different trials, then calculate the persons reaction times. (1.60 cm, 3.1 cm, 5.00 cm) (57.1 ms, 79.5 ms, 101.0 ms)

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3. An arrow is fired from ground level straight upward with an initial speed of 15 m/s. How long is the arrow in the air before it strikes the ground? (3.1 s) A golf ball rebounds from the floor and travels straight upward with a speed of 5.0 m/s. To what maximum height does the ball rise? (1.3 m) From her bedroom window a girl drops a water-filled balloon to the ground, 6.0 m below. If the balloon is released from rest, how long is it in the air? (1.1 s) Suppose a ball is thrown vertically upward. Eight seconds later it returns to its point of release. What is the initial velocity of the ball? (39.2 m/s) A wrecking ball is hanging at rest from a crane when suddenly the cable breaks. The time it takes for the ball to fall halfway to the ground is 1.2 s. Find the time it takes for the ball to fall from rest all the way to the ground. (1.7 s) 4. 5. 6. 7.

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A cement block accidentally falls from rest from the ledge of a 53.0-m-high building. When the block is 14.0 m above the ground, a man, 2.00 m tall, looks up and notices that the block is directly above him. How much time, at most, does the man have to get out of the way? (0.405 s)