A baby blue jay sits in a tall tree awaiting the arrival of its dinner. As the mother lands on the nest,?

Question

..., she drops a worm toward the hungry chicks mouth, but the worm misses and falls from the nest and hits the ground in 1.50 s. How high up is the nest? Use g = 10.0 m/s2.

Answer 1

s =ut +1/2 a t^2

distance = 10/2 * 1.5 * 1.5

  = 7.5 * 1.5

  = 11.25m ( without calculator)