A car is parked on a cliff overlooking the sea. The cliff is inclined at an angle of 29.0 degrees below the horizontal. The negligent driver leaves the car in neutral and it begins rolling from rest towards the cliff's edge with an acceleration 4.50 m/s/s. The car moves a linear distance of 57.2 m to the edge of the cliff before plunging into the ocean below. The cliff is 42.2 m above the sea. (a) Find the speed (in m/s) of the car the moment it leaves the cliff. (b) Find the time (in seconds) it takes the car to drop to the water below the edge of the cliff. (c) Find the position (in meters) of the car relative to the base of the cliff when it lands in the sea.

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A car is parked on a cliff overlooking the sea. The cliff is inclined at an angle of 29.0 degrees below the horizontal. The negligent driver leaves the car in neutral and it begins rolling from rest towards the cliff's edge with an acceleration 4.50 m/s/s. The car moves a linear distance of 57.2 m to the edge of the cliff before plunging into the ocean below. The cliff is 42.2 m above the sea.

(a) Find the speed (in m/s) of the car the moment it leaves the cliff.

(b) Find the time (in seconds) it takes the car to drop to the water below the edge of the cliff.

(c) Find the position (in meters) of the car relative to the base of the cliff when it lands in the sea.

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