A 15 kg chunk of ice falls off the top of an iceberg. If the chunk of ice falls 8m to the surface of the water what is its velocity?

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Answer:

When we can get the Kinetic energy from this formula KE= 1/2 M V^2and we can get the potential energy from this formula PE =  M g H

we can set that the kinetic energy at the bottom of the fall equals the potential energy at the top so, KE = PE

1/2 MV^2 = M g H

1/2 V^2 = g H

when V is the velocity, g is an acceleration of gravitational force (9.8 m^2/s) and H is the height of the fall (8 m).

∴ v^2 = 2 * 9.8 * 8 = 156.8

∴ v= √156.8 = 12.5 m/s

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