You are at the Grand Canyon, standing at the edge of a ledge 1,857 m high. You have a mass of 61 kg. You decide to take a selfie to share with your science teacher when you get home which causes you to wonder... a. How much gravitational potential energy do you have standing at the edge of this cliff?

b. If you were to trip and fall mid-selfie, your stored potential energy would be converted to kinetic energy, as you are in motion. Assume that all of the GPE you calculated in part A would be converted to kinetic energy when you fall. If so, how fast would you be falling?

compass can be used day and night, cloudy or sunny

its a 5.5 n

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speed of light in vacuum is 300,000 km/s

speed of light in other mediums is given by the expression v = c/n, where c is the speed of light in vacuum and n is the refractive index of medium.

for the first medium v = 200,000 km/s

  so, refractive index of medium = 300000/200000 = 1.5

    1.5 refractive index is usually for glass. so first medium is glass.

for the second medium v = 250,00 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/250000 = 1.2

    1.2 refractive index is usually for water. so second medium is water.

for the third medium v = 0 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/0 = ∞

    ∞ refractive index is usually for opaque mediums. so third medium is opaque medium.