A boy throws a stone horizontally with an initial speed of 20 m/s from the edge of a cliff. A stop watch measures the stone's trajectory time from the top of the cliff to the bottom to be 5.0 s. (a) What is the height of the cliff? (b) How far does the stone travel horizontally? (c) What is the total acceleration of the stone while it is in the air?

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 A boy throws a stone horizontally with an initial speed of 20 m/s from the edge of a cliff. A stop watch measures the stone's trajectory time from the top of the cliff to the bottom to be 5.0 s. (a) What is the height of the cliff? (b) How far does the stone travel horizontally? (c) What is the total acceleration of the stone while it is in the air?

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