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A rock is dropped from the Empire State Building. If it takes 8.8 seconds to hit the ground, how tall is the Empire State Building in meters? Round to the nearest whole number.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use s = 1/2 g t^2 with g = 9.8 m/s^2:

s = 0.5(9.8)(8.8^2) = 4.9 × 77.44 = 379.456 m

Rounded to the nearest meter: 379 m.