A pair of glasses are dropped from the top of a 32.0 m high stadium. A pen is dropped 2.00 s later. How high above the ground is the pen when the glasses hit the ground? (Disregard air resistance. a = -g = -9.81 m/s2.)

Explanation:

the distance have the following relation:

d = (1/2)gt2

D=32.0 m

t =√ (2D/g) = √(2*32.0m/9.8m/s2) = 2.56s

it take 2.56s from the glasses to hit the ground

when the glasses hit the ground, the pen only travel Δt =2.56s - 2.00s = 0.56s

x = (1/2)g(Δt)2 = 0.5*9.8m/s2*(0.56s)2 = 1.54 m

the pen only travel 1.54m

so the pen is above the ground 32.0m - 1.54m = 30.46m

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