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The height of the Empire State building is 318.00 meters. A pebble is dropped from the top of the building, what is the stones velocity just before it strikes the ground?

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final KE=initial PE
1/2 m v^2=mgh

v=sqrt(2*9.8*318) ignoring air friction, which is significant.

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