Dropping the Ball
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A ball is dropped from a certain height, and it takes 10 seconds to reach the ground. On planet X, the ball must be dropped from a height of 200 m if we want it to take the same amount of time to reach the ground.
If we dropped the ball from the same height as we dropped it on planet earth, what would be its velocity at the moment it hit the ground?
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