A Free-Fall Experiment, an Object Is Dropped from a Height $t = 0$

question 114

Multiple Choice

a free-fall experiment, an object is dropped from a height of 256 feet. A camera on the ground 500 feet from the point of impact records the fall of the object as shown in the figure. Assuming the object is released at time $t = 0$ . At what time will the object reach the ground level?

• A) 3 seconds
• B) 6 seconds
• C) 7 seconds
• D) 5 seconds
• E) 4 seconds

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