Essential University Physics
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ISBN: 9780134988559
Author: Wolfson, Richard
Publisher: Pearson Education,
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Chapter 2, Problem 23E
An egg drops from a second-story window, taking 1.12 s to fall and reaching 11.0 m/s just before hitting the ground. On contact, the egg stops completely in 0.131 s. Calculate the magnitudes of its average acceleration (a) while falling and (b) while stopping.
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