Question: An egg is dropped from a third - floor window and lands on a foam - rubber pad without breaking. The acceleration of gravity is

An egg is dropped from a third-floor window and lands on a foam-rubber pad without breaking. The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s 2. If a 56.2 g egg falls 14.8 m from rest and the 7.84 cm thick foam pad stops it in 6.50 ms, by how much is the pad compressed? Assume constant upward acceleration as the egg compresses the foam-rubber pad. (Assume that the potential energy that the egg gains while the pad is being compressed is negligible.) Answer in units of m.

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