Assuming
Gravity
is
9.81
m/s
squared
Assuming the Height is 381 meters
Assuming that the penny is dropped - so Vi = 0 m/S
So the equation becomes:
Velocity Final = negative squre root of two times height times gravity:
And we substituted the numbers in to
get:
-86.42 m/s
Based on this calculation (this is
193.3mph), the penny
could potentially kill someone...
But their is more to the problem than a couple algebraic calculations... Terminal Velocity