A baseball rolls off a balcony and falls past a billboard below. It will take the baseball 0.420 seconds to fall past the 1.90 meter tall billboard. How far is the top of the billboard below the balcony from which the baseball rolled off of?

A baseball rolls off a balcony and falls past a billboard below. It will take the baseball 0.420 seconds to fall past the 1.90 meter tall billboard. How far is the top of the billboard below the balcony from which the baseball rolled off of?

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Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section: Chapter Questions

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