What is the final velocity of an object that is dropped if it falls a distance of 100 m?

Explanation:

The kinematic equation

gives the final velocity of the object given the initial velocity , the acceleration , and the distance traveled .

For our case, the object is dropped; therefore,

I.e. the initial velocity is zero. The acceleration due to gravity is

,

and the distance traveled is .

Putting the values into the equation we get:

The final velocity of the object is 44.27 m/s.