In a local bar, a customer slides an empty beer mug down the counter for a refill. The height of the counter is 1.36 m. The mug slides off the counter and strikes the floor 2.00 m from the base of the counter. (a) With what velocity did the mug leave the counter?  m/s (b) What was the direction of the mug's velocity just before it hit the floor?  ° (below the horizontal)

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In a local bar, a customer slides an empty beer mug down the counter for a refill. The height of the counter is 1.36 m. The mug slides off the counter and strikes the floor 2.00 m from the base of the counter.

(a) With what velocity did the mug leave the counter?
 m/s

(b) What was the direction of the mug's velocity just before it hit the floor?
 ° (below the horizontal)
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