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Imagine yourself standing in an elevator which is moving with an upward acceleration \[a=2\,m/{{s}^{2}}\]. A coin is dropped from rest from the roof of the elevator, relative to you. The roof to floor height of the elevator is 1.5 m. (Take \[g=10\,m/{{s}^{2}}\].) Find the velocity in (m/s) of the coin relative to you when it strikes the base of the elevator.

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6