Imagine that you are in a car that is traveling up a bridge that is inclined at an angle of 8.5 degrees from the horizontal. The car's speed is 51.0 mi/hr (22.80 m/s). At time t = 0 you open your window and illegally drop a soda can from your rest frame over the edge of the bridge. Your height above ground level is 93.0 m At what angle does the can strike the ground (in degrees)? This is the angle which the can's velocity vector makes with the horizontal just before hitting the ground. What is the speed of the can just before it hits the ground?

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Imagine that you are in a car that is traveling up a bridge that is inclined at an angle of 8.5 degrees from the horizontal. The car's speed is 51.0 mi/hr (22.80 m/s). At time t = 0 you open your window and illegally drop a soda can from your rest frame over the edge of the bridge. Your height above ground level is 93.0 m

At what angle does the can strike the ground (in degrees)? This is the angle which the can's velocity vector makes with the horizontal just before hitting the ground.

What is the speed of the can just before it hits the ground? 

 

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