A peach falls from a tree. The distance it falls is 2.25 meters.
a) How long did this take?
b) What was its speed before hitting the ground?
c) Upon reaching the ground, the peach doesn’t bounce - it gets a little
smooshed. If the impact with the ground lasted 0.1 s, what is the average
acceleration during impact? Express this in multiples of g. (This is a common
way to express how extreme an acceleration is.)
d) Plot velocity vs time and acceleration vs time for the peach. Include the
short interval of impact. Stack the graphs and point out relevant features.