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A flowerpot falls from the ledge of an apartment building. a person in an apartment below, coincidentally holding a stopwatch, notices that it takes 1 s for the pot to fall past his window, which is 17 m high.

How far above the top of the window is the ledge from which the pot fell? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2
Answer in units of m.

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