A car has two devices attached to its tire which are triggered when objects pass in front of them. The devices are vertically aligned and are placed 1.30 m apart, with the bottom one being 0.60 m above the ground. You climb the car and decide to experiment to find out how high ho above the ground you are. You release your wallet from your level so that it will pass in front of the motion detection devices. Once you've climbed down, you read that the lower device was triggered 0.182 s after the first one. Neglecting air friction and assuming that the wallet did not hit anyThing on its way down, how high ho had you climbed the car?

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A car has two devices attached to its tire which are
triggered
when objects pass in front of them. The devices
are vertically
aligned and are placed 1.30 m apart, with the
bottom one being
0.60 m above the ground. You climb the car and
decide to
experiment to find out how high ho above the
ground you are. You
release your wallet from your level so that it will
pass in front of the
motion detection devices. Once you've climbed
down, you read
that the lower device was triggered 0.182 s after
the first one.
Neglecting air friction and assuming that the wallet
did not hit anyThing on its way down, how high h0
had you climbed the car?
Transcribed Image Text:A car has two devices attached to its tire which are triggered when objects pass in front of them. The devices are vertically aligned and are placed 1.30 m apart, with the bottom one being 0.60 m above the ground. You climb the car and decide to experiment to find out how high ho above the ground you are. You release your wallet from your level so that it will pass in front of the motion detection devices. Once you've climbed down, you read that the lower device was triggered 0.182 s after the first one. Neglecting air friction and assuming that the wallet did not hit anyThing on its way down, how high h0 had you climbed the car?
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