Estimate how much thermal energy is produced

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A meteor has a speed of 77.0 m/swhen 700 km above the Earth. It isfalling vertically (ignore air resistance) and strikes a bed ofsand in which it is brought to rest in 3.23 m.

(a) What is its speed before striking the sand?

m/s

(b) How much work does the sand do to stop the meteor (mass =585 kg)?

(d) How much thermal energy is produced?

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