Assuming that the object starts at rest, we know the following values:
distance = 25m
acceleration = 9.81m/s^2 [down]
initial velocity = 0m/s
we want to find final velocity and we don't know the time it took, so we will use the kinematics equation without time in it:
Velocity final^2 = velocity initial^2 + 2 × acceleration × distance
Filling everythint in, we have:
Vf^2 = 0^2 + (2)(-9.81)(-25)
The reason why the values are negative is because they are going in the negative direction
Vf^2 = 490.5
Take the square root of that
Final velocity = 22.15m/s which is answer c
