please help me with this question

" king kong carries a Fay Wrap up the 321-m-tall empire state building. at the top of the shyscraper, Fay Wrap's shoe falls from her foot. how fast will the shoe be movinig when it hits the ground?"

Vf^2=Vi^2 + 2*g*height

The woman's name was Fay Wray, not Fay Wrap. Perhaps your teacher is trying to be funny. He or she should be more careful explaining the important forces on the shoe.

The answer that you get with the energy-conservation equation suggested (which neglects air resistance) will be quite a bit too high; air resistance will be important.

Wih information on the size and weight of the shoe, a much more accurate value can be estimated.

A similar problem often assigned was to compute the speed of a penny dropped from the Empire State Building, making a case that it might kill anyone it hits. That is not what happens at all.

This is a poor way to teach physics, in my opinion.

To determine the speed at which Fay Wrap's shoe will be moving when it hits the ground, we need to consider a few physical principles and variables involved.

First, we can assume that the only force acting on the shoe is gravity. The force of gravity causes objects to accelerate towards the ground at a constant rate known as the acceleration due to gravity. On Earth, the acceleration due to gravity is approximately 9.8 meters per second squared (m/s²).

Since only gravity affects the motion of the shoe, we can use the laws of motion to find the final speed at impact. We can apply the equation:

v^2 = u^2 + 2as

Where:
v = final velocity (when the shoe hits the ground)
u = initial velocity (in this case, the shoe is dropped from rest, so u = 0)
a = acceleration (acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s²)
s = distance covered (the height of the Empire State Building = 321 m)

Plugging the values into the equation, we get:

v^2 = 0 + 2 * 9.8 * 321

Simplifying further:

v^2 = 6273.6

Taking the square root of both sides to find v:

v = √6273.6

Calculating v:

v ≈ 79.1 m/s

Therefore, the speed at which Fay Wrap's shoe will be moving when it hits the ground is approximately 79.1 meters per second.