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1) A ball is thrown straight up at 15 m/s. How long until it stops? How high does it go? 2) A ball is dropped from 40 meters high. How long does it take to hit the ground? What is the speed when it hits the ground? 3) A ball is dropped from 100m in the air. What is its speed after falling for 1.2 seconds? How far does it go after 1.8 seconds? Orthagonalseparate, independent, one does not affect the other. The x and y dimensions are orthagonal. Gravity only acts in the y dimension. In trajectory problems, velocity does not change in the x direction. As a result:
vxi = vxf = vx
The key to 2D problems is time. Time unites the x and y direction. Time is the bridge.
X equation x = vxt
(note: this is the same as d =rt or d = vt)
vfy = viy + at
1) A marble is shot horizontally from a 44 m high cliff at a speed of 16 m/s. a) How long does it take to fall? b) What is the range? (Rangehow far away does the marble land (horizontally) from the base of the cliff?) 2) A marble is shot horizontally from a 16 m high cliff at a speed of 44 m/s. a) How long does it take to fall? b) What is the range? 3) A marble is shot horizontally from a 56 m high cliff at a speed of 56 m/s. a) How long does it take to fall? b) What is the range? 4) A rock is thrown horizontally at 65 m/s from a cliff. It lands 78 m from the base of the cliff. a) How long does it take to fall? b) What is the height of the cliff? 5) A rock is thrown horizontally at 43 m/s from a cliff. It lands 24 m from the base of the cliff. a) How long does it take to fall? b) What is the height of the cliff?
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6) A rock is thrown horizontally at 103 m/s from a cliff. It lands 120 m from the base of the cliff. a) How long does it take to fall? b) What is the height of the cliff? 7) A brick is thrown horizontally from a 63 m cliff and lands 104 m away from the base. A) How long does it take to fall? b) At what speed was it thrown horizontally? 8) A brick is thrown horizontally from a 53 m cliff and lands 84 m away from the base. A) How long does it take to fall? b) At what speed was it thrown horizontally? 9) A brick is thrown horizontally from a 93 m cliff and lands 14 m away from the base. A) How long does it take to fall? b) At what speed was it thrown horizontally? When a projectile is launched at an angle, break the initial velocity into horizontal and vertical components using the following:
RANGE EQUATION: a) A football is kicked at a 40 degree angle at a speed of 55 m/s. How far does it go? B) A football is kicked at a speed of 40 m/s and it goes 35 meters downfield. At what angle was it kicked? C) (trick) A football is kicked at a speed of 40 m/s and it goes 235 meters downfield. At what angle was it kicked?