Specialist2023 Exam 2 Section A · Q13CAS active1 mark
Phone dropped from a rising hot air balloon
A tourist in a hot air balloon, which is rising vertically at m s, accidentally drops a phone over the side when the phone is metres above the ground.
Assuming air resistance is negligible, how long in seconds, correct to two decimal places, does it take for the phone to hit the ground?
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