a worker at the top of a 629-m-tall television transmitting tower on north dakota accidentally drops a heavy tool. If air resistance is negligible, how fast is the tool going just before it hits the ground?

a worker at the top of a 629-m-tall television transmitting tower on north dakota accidentally drops a heavy tool. If air resistance is negligible, how fast is the tool going just before it hits the ground?

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