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2.7 Exercise 25

Avg difficulty 2.5

Assume air resistance is negligible unless otherwise stated.

A coin is dropped from a hot-air balloon that is 300 m above the ground and rising at 10.0 m/s upward. For the coin, find (a) the maximum height reached, (b) its position and velocity 4.00 s after being released, and (c) the time before it hits the ground.

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