Free fall physics question?
A student walks off the top of the CN Tower in Toronto, which has height 553m and falls freely. His initial velocity is zero. The Rocketeer arrives at the scene a time of 5 seconds later and dives off the top of the tower to save the student. The Rocketeer leaves the roof with an initial downward speed of v_0. In order both to catch the student and to prevent injury to him, the Rocketeer should catch the student at a sufficiently great height above ground so that the Rocketeer and the student slow down and ...
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