Tony Stark is standing beside Thor who is standing on the top of Stark Tower (425 m) his hammer has a mass equal to 300 billion elephants (call it 4.5*1015 kg) Tony and Thor drop at the same time. Tony drops his lucky penny. Thor his hammer. How fast (in m/s) will Tony’s lucky penny be traveling just before it strikes the ground, assuming nothing stops it?

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Tony Stark is standing beside Thor who is standing on the top of Stark Tower (425 m) his hammer has a mass equal to 300 billion elephants (call it 4.5*1015 kg) Tony and Thor drop at the same time. Tony drops his lucky penny. Thor his hammer. How fast (in m/s) will Tony’s lucky penny be traveling just before it strikes the ground, assuming nothing stops it?

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