A child in Yellowstone National Park kicked a rock off a bridge down into a river below. The bridge had a height of 405 meters above the river. If the child kicked the rock with an initial velocity of 2.1 m/s, What was the amount of time required for the rock to hit the river below?How far horizontally from the bridge did the rock travel?

1. The stone is kicked with an initial velocity of 2.1 ms horizontally, so the time required for the…

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A child in Yellowstone National Park kicked a rock off a bridge down into a river below. The bridge had a height of 405 meters above the river. If the child kicked the rock with an initial velocity of 2.1 m/s,

What was the amount of time required for the rock to hit the river below?
How far horizontally from the bridge did the rock travel?

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