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a man steps from the top of a tall building. He falls freely fromrest to the ground a distance of h. He falls a distance of h/4 inthe last 1.0s of his fall. What is the height h of thebuilding?

In the solution from cramster, it forms a equation : h/4 =V(initial) t +1/2 g(2t-1)

I dont get how 2t-1 comes from. pls help thanks!!

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
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