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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\setlength\textwidth{400pt}

\usepackage{array,ragged2e}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
Vertical spacing in a table.\\[5pt]

Default baseline height\\[2pt]
\begin{tabular}{@{}c
  >{\RaggedRight}m{4cm}@{}}\hline
1 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
2 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
3 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
\end{tabular}

\bigskip
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.5}
\verb=\renewcommand\arraystrech{1.5}=\\[2pt]
\begin{tabular}{@{}c
  >{\RaggedRight}m{4cm}@{}}\hline
1 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
2 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
3 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
\end{tabular}

\bigskip
\verb=\rule[-3ex]{0pt}{7ex}= in
  first column\\[2pt]
\begin{tabular}{@{}
  >{\rule[-3ex]{0pt}{7ex}}c
  >{\RaggedRight}m{4cm}@{}}\hline
1 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
2 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
3 & An extremely long line of text
    in a m-column\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}
