What happens if the person on the cliff throws the rock straight down, instead of straight up? To explore this question,calculate the velocity of the rock when it is 5.10 m below the starting point, and has been thrown downward with an initialspeed of 13.0 m/s.

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What happens if the person on the cliff throws the rock straight down, instead of straight up? To explore this question,
calculate the velocity of the rock when it is 5.10 m below the starting point, and has been thrown downward with an initial
speed of 13.0 m/s.

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