= A small block slides without friction up and over the icy hill shown in the figure below. The block leaves the end of the cliff with only a horizontal velocity and lands a distance d 10.68 m from the foot of the cliff with no air resistance. Find the block's initial speed vo if D = 15.6 m and h 3.86 m. (The block's mass is not needed.) [Hint: Start by solving the projectile motion problem to find v. Then apply conservation of energy from the bottom to the top of the hill to find vo.] m VO Vo --- = D m/s Cliff m h

= A small block slides without friction up and over the icy hill shown in the figure below. The block leaves the end of the cliff with only a horizontal velocity and lands a distance d 10.68 m from the foot of the cliff with no air resistance. Find the block's initial speed vo if D = 15.6 m and h 3.86 m. (The block's mass is not needed.) [Hint: Start by solving the projectile motion problem to find v. Then apply conservation of energy from the bottom to the top of the hill to find vo.] m VO Vo --- = D m/s Cliff m h

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