How could a bear actually sit on the top of a tree to begin with? Wouldn't the branches be really small and weak up there?

>Actually, if g is 9.8 m/sec^2 it takes 3 secs to fall off a 44.1 m tree, so within certain tolerance the tree could be anywhere on earth... except on the poles since no trees grow there.
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>The color of the bear? Who knows. If it climbed 44m I guess it's a panda.
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>>I don't remember the exact numbers but this question was asked in our highschool physics exam :
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>>A bear sits on top of tree that's 44m high. The bear falls and it takes 3 secs for it to hit ground. What's the color of bear ?
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>>We were all stumped at first but there was a solution (wish I remembered the numbers right).
>>x=1/2gt^2 and result g was only possible for a polar bear :)
>>Cetin