Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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ISBN: 9781305289963
Author: Debora M. Katz
Publisher: Cengage Custom Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 88PQ
In Example 2.12, two circus performers rehearse a trick in which a ball and a dart collide. We found the height and time of the collision graphically. Return to that example, and find height and time by simultaneously solving the equations for the ball and the dart.
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