Nathan Hunt is faced with the following problem in one of his impossible missions. A briefcase full of secret documents is just thrown from the top of a building with an initial speed vgo = 5 m/s at an angle 0 from the vertical. Hunt is on the next building. As soon as the briefcase is thrown, he leaves the roof of the building horizontally with an initial speed vH0- VB,0 H VH,0 Relevant quantities: e = 37, H = 8 m and D = 11 m. (a) If Hunt wants to catch the briefcase, with which initial speed he should leave the rooftop? (b) How long will it take Hunt to catch the briefcase? t =

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Nathan Hunt is faced with the following problem in one of his impossible missions. A briefcase full of secret documents is just thrown from the top
of a building with an initial speed vpo = 5 m/s at an angle 0 from the vertical. Hunt is on the next building. As soon as the briefcase is thrown, he
leaves the roof of the building horizontally with an initial speed vy0.
VB,0
H
VH,0
Relevant quantities:
e = 37°, H = 8 m and D = 11 m.
(a) If Hunt wants to catch the briefcase, with which initial speed he should leave the rooftop?
VH,0=
(b) How long will it take Hunt to catch the briefcase?
t =
Transcribed Image Text:Nathan Hunt is faced with the following problem in one of his impossible missions. A briefcase full of secret documents is just thrown from the top of a building with an initial speed vpo = 5 m/s at an angle 0 from the vertical. Hunt is on the next building. As soon as the briefcase is thrown, he leaves the roof of the building horizontally with an initial speed vy0. VB,0 H VH,0 Relevant quantities: e = 37°, H = 8 m and D = 11 m. (a) If Hunt wants to catch the briefcase, with which initial speed he should leave the rooftop? VH,0= (b) How long will it take Hunt to catch the briefcase? t =
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