A student is staring idly out her dormitory window when she sees a water balloon fall past. If the balloon takes 0.16s to cross the 140-cm-high window, from what height above the top of the window was it dropped? Express your answer in meters.

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A student is staring idly out her dormitory window when she sees a water balloon fall past. If the balloon takes 0.16s to cross the 140-cm-high window, from what height above the top of the window was it dropped? Express your answer in meters.

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