Ball bearings can be made by letting spherical drops of molten metal fall inside a tall tower - called a shot tower - and solidify as they fall. If a bearing needs 4.0 s to solidify enough for impact, how high must the tower be?

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Answer:

height of tower= 78.48 meters

Explanation:

So here are your givens:

time(t)= 4 s.

initial velocity(u) = 0 m/s

acceleration due to gravity (g)= 9.81 m/s^2

distance(s)=s meters

using one of Newton's equation of motion ;

[tex]s=ut+\frac{1}{2} gt^{2} \\s=0(4)+\frac{1}{2}(9.81)(4)^{2} \\s=\frac{1}{2} (9.81)(16)\\s=\frac{156.96}{2} \\s=78.48[/tex]

height of the tower from the ground=total distance covered by bearing

height of tower= 78.48 meters