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Question 2

An object falls freely from a height of 25m onto the roof a building 5m high. Calculate the velocity with which the object strikes the roof (g=10\(ms^{-2}\)

  • A.17.3\(ms^{-2}\)
  • B.20\(ms^{-2}\)
  • C.24.5\(ms^{-2}\)
  • D.125\(ms^{-2}\)
  • E.200\(ms^{-2}\)
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1997
Question no.
#2
Type
Objective
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