The summary of ‘A small rock is thrown vertically upward 18m/s from the edge of the roof of a 37.0-m-tall building.’

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The video discusses the physics problem of a rock being thrown vertically from a building. It focuses on calculating the speed of the rock before it hits the ground and the time it takes to reach the ground. Important variables include initial velocity, change in position, and acceleration due to gravity. Using kinematic equations, the video solves for the velocity of the rock and the time taken to hit the ground. The final velocity of the rock is found to be 32.7 meters per second, and the time taken to hit the ground is calculated as 5.58 seconds. Key concepts include vertical motion, acceleration, and velocity calculations.

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In this segment of the video, a problem is presented where a small rock is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 22 meters per second from the edge of a 30-meter-tall building. The task is to determine the speed of the rock just before it hits the street and calculate the time elapsed from when the rock is thrown until it hits the street. Key variables include initial velocity (22 m/s), change in vertical position (delta y = -30m), and acceleration due to gravity (-9.8 m/s^2). The kinematic equation used for solving is v^2 = v_0^2 + 2a(delta y). The focus is on finding the velocity (v) of the rock before it hits the ground by plugging in the given values and solving the equation.

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In this part of the video, the speaker calculates the final velocity (v) of a rock thrown downwards. The velocity is found to be 32.7 meters per second. The speaker then moves on to calculate the time (t) it takes for the rock to hit the street by using the equation v = v0 + a * t. After calculations, the time is determined to be 5.58 seconds. Units used are meters per second for velocity and seconds for time.

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