A hot-air balloon is rising straight upward with a constant speed of 6.5 m>s. When the basket of the balloon is 20.0 mabove the ground, a bag of sand tied to the basket comes loose. (a) How much time elapses before the bag of sand hitsthe ground? (b) What is the greatest height of the bag of sand during its fall to the ground?

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A hot-air balloon is rising straight upward with a constant speed of 6.5 m>s. When the basket of the balloon is 20.0 m
above the ground, a bag of sand tied to the basket comes loose. (a) How much time elapses before the bag of sand hits
the ground? (b) What is the greatest height of the bag of sand during its fall to the ground?

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