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b.
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Run the program to compute the time taken by a stone falling
from the top of the Eiffel Tower, 300.51 meters high; from
a blimp stationed 1050 meters in the air.
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(Answers: 7.8313 seconds; 14.6385 seconds.)
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Alter the program to compute the time of descent when the height in
feet is known, according to the formula:
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t = √ (2h/32.174)
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Run the altered program to compute the time taken for a stone to fall
from the top of the 550-foot high Grand Coulee Dam and a coin from
the top of the 607-feet high Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.
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(Answers: 5.8471 seconds; 6.1427 seconds.)
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