A person has placed a large, open-topped container 10m high. They fill the container with water to the top. With a sharp needle, they poke a tiny hole near the bottom of the container. The water sprays horizontally out of the hole, arcs through the air like a projectile, and splashes 15m away. How high above the hole is the top of the container?
Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
A person has placed a large, open-topped container 10m high. They fill the container with water to the top. With a sharp needle, they poke a tiny hole near the bottom of the container. The water sprays horizontally out of the hole, arcs through the air like a projectile, and splashes 15m away.
How high above the hole is the top of the container?
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