Suppose you are standing at the edge of a 200 meter tall cliff and are in the habit of dropping objects from great heights. So, you drop a rock off of the cliff. (a) What are the initial position s(0), velocity v(0), and acceleration a(0) of the rock?  b) Use your answers from part (a) to define functions s(t), v(t), and a(t) describing the position, velocity, and acceleration, respectively, after t seconds. (c) How long will it take for the rock to hit the ground? How fast is it falling when it hits?

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Suppose you are standing at the edge of a 200 meter tall cliff and are in the habit of dropping objects from great heights. So, you drop a rock off of the cliff.

(a) What are the initial position s(0), velocity v(0), and acceleration a(0) of the rock? 

b) Use your answers from part (a) to define functions s(t), v(t), and a(t) describing the position, velocity, and acceleration, respectively, after t seconds.

(c) How long will it take for the rock to hit the ground? How fast is it falling when it hits?

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