OK, yet another strange awakening in a room with no windows. This time you drop a ball from a height of 2.50 m and it hits the floor 0.500 s after you drop it. This time you suspect you are on a rocket that has just left the surface of the Earth, and is still not too far above the ground. What do you deduce the rocket s acceleration to be? 20.0 m/s^2 19.4 m/s^2 10.2 m/s^2 29.8 m/s^2

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OK, yet another strange awakening in a room with no windows. This time you drop a ball from a height of 2.50 m and it hits the floor 0.500 s after you drop it. This time you suspect you are on a rocket that has just left the surface of the Earth, and is still not too far above the ground. What do you deduce the rocket s acceleration to be?
   
20.0 m/s^2
   
19.4 m/s^2
   
10.2 m/s^2
   
29.8 m/s^2
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