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Chapter 2, Problem 16P
A paper in the journal Current Biology tells of some jellyfish-like animals that attack their prey by launching stinging cells in one of the animal kingdom’s fastest movements. High-speed photography showed the cells were accelerated from rest for 700. ns at 5.30 × 107 m/s2. Calculate (a) the maximum speed reached by the cells and (b) the distance traveled during the acceleration.
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