Question

Wyle
e. coyote is now in the real world. he goes running off a cliff and becomes a human projectile. it takes him 12.5 seconds to hit the bottom of the canyon. he falls to his cartoon death and lands 82 m from the wall of the canyon. how high is the cliff?

Answer 1

Distance of a fall from rest  =  (1/2) (gravity) (time)²

                                         = (4.9 m/s²) (12.5 sec)²

                                         =  (4.9 · 12.5²)  m-sec² / sec²

                                         =    766 meters  (rounded)

Quite a high cliff !