A soccer player kicks a ball at an angle of 62° from the horizontal with an initial speed of 26 m/s. (a)  Find the horizontal component of the ball’s velocity.  (b)  Find the vertical component of the ball’s velocity.  (c)  How high does the kicked ball rise before it starts to come down? (d)  How long does the ball stay in the air?  (e) How far downfield does the ball land?

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A soccer player kicks a ball at an angle of 62° from the horizontal with an initial speed of 26 m/s.

  1. (a)  Find the horizontal component of the ball’s velocity. 

  2. (b)  Find the vertical component of the ball’s velocity. 

  3. (c)  How high does the kicked ball rise before it starts to come down?

  4. (d)  How long does the ball stay in the air? 

(e) How far downfield does the ball land? 

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