EBK COLLEGE PHYSICS
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ISBN: 9780321989246
Author: Knight
Publisher: PEARSON CO
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Chapter 3, Problem 34P
On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball with a golf club improvised from a tool. The free-fall acceleration on the moon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose he hit the ball with a speed of 25 m/s at an angle 30º above the horizontal.
a. How long was the ball in flight?
b. How far did it travel?
c. Ignoring air resistance, how much farther would it travel on the moon than on earth?
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