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One half-second after starting from rest, a freely falling object will have a speed of about:

a. 2 m/s
b. 5 m/s
c. 10 m/s
d. 20 m/s

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During free fall, the falling object is purely accelerated by gravity, ie. it accelerates at g=9.81 ms2\mathrm{g=9.81\ \frac{m}{s^2}}. This is acceleration, what we need is speed.

To determine the speed, we will make use of the following kinematic equation:

vf=vi+at\mathrm{v_f=v_i+at}

where:

  • vf is the object's final speed;
  • vi is the object's initial speed;
  • a is the object's acceleration;
  • t is the object's travel time.

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