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A bird is flying horizontally at 6.0 m/s with a fish in its mouth. It accidentally drops the fish. How much time passes before the fish's speed doubles? and how much additional time would be required for the fish's speed to double again?

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The time required to reach the earth of a horizontally thrown object under gravity and the time taken to double the speed is calculated.

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A bird is flying horizontally at 6.0 m/s with a fish in its mouth. It accidentally drops the fish. How much time passes before the fish's speed doubles? and how much additional time would be required for the fish's speed to double again?

The speed is the scalar magnitude of the ...

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