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5.7 Exercise 79

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve. Round to one decimal place.

Gravity A construction worker dropped a hammer while building the Grand Canyon skywalk, 4,0004,000 feet above the Colorado River. How many seconds did it take for the hammer to reach the river?

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