Essential University Physics
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Chapter 2, Problem 77P
Two divers jump from a 3.00-m platform. One jumps upward at 1.80 m/s, and the second steps off the platform as the first passes it on the way down, (a) What are their speeds as they hit the water? (b) Which hits the water first and by how much?
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