You are in a hot-air balloon and descending toward the ground at 20.0m/s. You toss a stone horizontally outward (to you) at 15.0m/s. The stone takes 6.00s to fall to the ground. a)  How high were you when you threw the stone? b)  How high were you when the stone with the ground? c) What is the stone’s speed as it hits the ground?

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You are in a hot-air balloon and descending toward the ground at
20.0m/s. You toss a stone horizontally outward (to you) at 15.0m/s. The stone takes 6.00s to fall to the ground.

a)  How high were you when you threw the stone?

b)  How high were you when the stone with the ground?

c) What is the stone’s speed as it hits the ground?

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