A 0.7-kilogram mass has just been dropped from the roof of a building. I need to catch it after it has fallen exactly 105 meters. If I weigh 83 kilograms and start running at 8 meters per second as soon as the object is released, how far away can I stand and still catch the object?

A 0.7-kilogram mass has just been dropped from the roof of a building. I need to catch it after it has fallen exactly 105 meters. If I weigh 83 kilograms and start running at 8 meters per second as soon as the object is released, how far away can I stand and still catch the object?

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Chapter8: Time And Time-related Variables In Engineering

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A0.7-kilogram mass has just been dropped from the roof of a building. I need to catch it after it has fallen exactly 105
meters. If I weigh 83 kilograms and start running at 8 meters per second as soon as the object is released, how far away can
I stand and still catch the object?
I can stand
m away and still catch the object. (Type an integer or decimal rounded to two decimal places as needed.)

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