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HMMT 1998 K6

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Edward, the author of this test, had to escape from prison to work in the grading room today. He stopped to rest at a place 1,875 feet from the prison and was spotted by a guard with a crossbow. The guard fired an arrow with an initial velocity of 100ft/s100 \mathrm{ft} / \mathrm{s}. At the same time, Edward started running away with an acceleration of 1ft/s21 \mathrm{ft} / \mathrm{s}^{2}. Assuming that air resistance causes the arrow to decelerate at 1ft/s21 \mathrm{ft} / \mathrm{s}^{2} and that it does hit Edward, how fast was the arrow moving at the moment of impact (in ft/s\mathrm{ft} / \mathrm{s} )?

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