7 A student standing on a knoll throws a snowball horizontally toward a smokestack 15 meters away. The snowball hits the smokestack 0.65 second after being released. [Neglect air resistance.] At the instant the snowball is released, what is the horizontal component of its velocity?

7 A student standing on a knoll throws a snowball horizontally toward a smokestack 15 meters away. The snowball hits the smokestack 0.65 second after being released. [Neglect air resistance.] At the instant the snowball is released, what is the horizontal component of its velocity?

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Chapter3: Vectors And Two-Dimensional Motion

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7 A student standing on a knoll
throws a snowball horizontally
toward a smokestack 15 meters
away. The snowball hits the
smokestack 0.65 second after
being released. [Neglect air
resistance.] At the instant the
snowball is released, what is the
horizontal component of its velocity?

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