On a distant, airless planet, an astronaut drops a rock to test the planet’s gravitationalpull. The astronaut finds that in the first second of falling (from t = 0 to t = 1 s)the rock drops a distance of 1 m. How far does the rock drop from t = 1 s to t = 2 s?(a) 1 m, (b) 2 m, (c) 3 m, (d) 4 m.

On a distant, airless planet, an astronaut drops a rock to test the planet’s gravitationalpull. The astronaut finds that in the first second of falling (from t = 0 to t = 1 s)the rock drops a distance of 1 m. How far does the rock drop from t = 1 s to t = 2 s?(a) 1 m, (b) 2 m, (c) 3 m, (d) 4 m.

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(a) 1 m, (b) 2 m, (c) 3 m, (d) 4 m.

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