You shoot a cannonball off the side of a cliff and its hits the ground with a horizontal velocity of 25 m/s and a vertical velocity of 40 m/s. How tall is the cliff and how far did the cannonball fly?

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Q: A swimmer jumps off a diving board with a velocity of 2.4 m/s up and 2.5 m/s forward. The swimmer…

A: The second equation of motion is s = u t + 0.5 at2 where, s is the distance, u is the initial…

Q: A cliff is 75 m high. At its peak, Mary dropped two stones, in which the second stone is dropped 1.4…

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Q: If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds,what is the average speed of the football ?

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Q: An athlete executing a long jump leaves the ground at a 28° angle and travels 7.8 m. If the speed…

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Q: A plane's average speed between two cities is 600 km/h. If the trip takes 2.5 hours, how far does…

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Q: You Try A ball is thrown from a window that is 30 m above the ground. How long does the ball takes…

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Q: A coin is dropped from the top of the Tower of Pisa, 53 m above the the ground. What is the coin's…

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Q: A cat leaps to catch a bird. If the cat's jump was at 60.0° off the ground and its initial velocity…

A: Given data The initial speed is u=6.56 m/s The angle of projection is θ=6.56 m/s   The highest point…

Q: a dog is running at 5.5 m/s then comes to a complete stop in 1.5 seconds. What is the dog's…

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Q: An airplane is heading north at an airspeed of 500 km/hr, but there is a wind blowing from the…

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Q: A baseball (at ground level) is hit and it flies at 175 m/s at an angle of 60o (from the horizontal…

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Q: A ball is kicked horizontally off a 30 m building and lands 10 m from its base.  Determine the…

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Q: A ball is dropped from a height of 44.1 meters. How long does it take to reach the ground? Ignore…

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Q: You took a running leap off a high-diving platform. You were running at 2.4 m/s and hit the water…

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Q: A stone is thrown vertically upward from the top of a house 112 feet high. If it was thrown at 96…

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Q: ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 48 ft/s from the top of a building 35 ft high.…

A: Given Initial velocity u = 48 ft/s Acceleration due to gravity g = -32.17 ft/s2

Q: A car has an initial velocity of 10 m/s and it covers a distance of 225 metres in 10 seconds. Find…

A: Given: The intial velocity of the car is 10 m/s. The distance traveled by car is 225 m. The time…

Q: . An object is launched horizontally from a height of 320 meters at a speed of 20 m/s. Draw a…

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Q: 1110 km, 10- hour flight was travelled at 2 speeds. For the first part of the trip. The average…

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Q: An astronaut on earth can throw a ball straight up to a height of 15 m . How high can he throw the…

A: Given An astronaut on earth can throw a ball straight up to a height of 15 m. We have to How high…

Q: A ball thrown horizontally from the top of a building hits the ground in 0.4 s. If it had been…

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Q: An object is thrown off a cliff with a horizontal speed of 8 m/sec. After 4 seconds the object hits…

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Q: A gun with a muzzle velocity of 1280 feet per second is fired at an angle of 9° above the…

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Q: A ball throw vertically upward from grand level hits the ground after 4 seconds. Calculate the…

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Q: A 500 kg roller coaster car starts from rest at the top of a hill. If its velocity at the bottom of…

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Q: A trip to cape Canaveral, Florida takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate the average…

A: Given that,time,t=10 hrsdistance,d=816 km

Q: A plane headed due south is traveling with an airspeed of 180 miles per hour. The wind currents are…

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Q: A roller coaster’s velocity at the top of a hill is 10 m/s. Two seconds later it reaches the bottom…

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Q: A stone is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 15.5 m/sec from the edge of a cliff 75 m high.…

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Q: A plane flying horizontally at 456 m/s releases a package at an altitude of 15,049 m.  How long will…

A: Given : vox = 456 m/s yo = 15049 m y = 0 m (because finally package reaches the ground)

Q: A cat leaps to catch a bird. If the cat's jump was at 60.0° off the ground and its initial velocity…

A: The given data are: θ=60°v=2.74 m/s Here, θ is the projectile angle and v is the initial velocity.

Q: A ball is dropped from 60 meters above the earth. How high does it take to get your feet on the…

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Q: A cheetah can maintain its maximum speed of 100 km/hr for 30 seconds. What minimum distance must a…

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Q: A ball is thrown into the air with an initial velocity of 64 feet per second from a height of 336…

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Q: shoe was dropped from a building and passes the third floor in 0.25 seconds. If each floor of the…

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Q: How LONG will it take a ship traveling at a constant velocity of 100 m/s to travel 800 meters?   a.…

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Q: A ball was dropped from a rooftop measuring 4.4 m above the ground. How long will it take for it to…

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Q: A stuntman exits the end of a ramp on a motorcycle with a speed of 35 m / s as shown in the figure.…

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Q: As part of an exercise program, a woman walks south at a speed of 2.8 m/s for 46 minutes. She then…

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Q: A cart rolling down an incline for 5.113 seconds has an acceleration of 4.935 m/s^2. If the cart has…

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Q: A toy car is pushed twice. The first time, it moves 8.1 meters in 4 seconds. The second time, it…

A: Data given, First push distance (d1) = 8.1 m time (t1) = 4 sec 2nd push  distance (d2) = 7.3 m time…

Q: A softball is thrown to another player. When the softball reaches its highest point in the throw,…

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Q: What is the average speed in kilometers per hour for a horse that gallops a distance of 15 km in a…

A: Consider the hoarse travels the distance s in time t.

Q: A stone is thrown horizontally at 20 m/s from the top of a cliff 44 m high and hits the ground in 2…

A: Given:Horizontal velocity of projectile, v0x = 20 m/sHeight of cliff, h = 44 mtime taken, t = 2 s

Q: A ball is projected horizontally with a velocity of (5m/sec) Find the position and the velocity…

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Distance and Speed

The speed, distance and time relation forms the basis of study of motion. You will need these concepts in the study of Mechanics. This concept is applicable for students who are studying the following courses –