During a tornado in 2008 the peachtree plaza Westin hotel in downtown Atlanta suffered damage. Suppose a piece of glass dropped near the top of the hotel falls 215 meters. What will the velocity of the piece of glass be when it strikes the ground?

64.91 m/s

Explanation:

This situation is related to free fall, since we are told the piece of glass "dropped".

Now, since this can be considered a one-dimension problem, we can use the following equation:

Where:

is the final velocity of the glass

is the initial velocity of the glass

is the acceleration due gravity

is the distance from where the glass fell

Isolating :

This is the final velocity of the glass

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