A physics book slides off a horizontal tabletop with a speed of 1.1 m/s. It strikes the floor in 0.350 s. Ignore air resistance. Find (a) the height of the tabletop above the floor; (b) the horizontal distance from the edge of the table to the point where the book strikes the floor; the horizontal and vertical components of the book's velocity, and the magnitude and direction of its velocity, just before the book reaches the floor (c)

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A physics book slides off a horizontal tabletop with a
speed of 1.1 m/s. It strikes the floor in 0.350 s. Ignore air
resistance. Find
(a) the height of the tabletop above the floor;
(b) the horizontal distance from the edge of the table
to the point where the book strikes the floor;
the horizontal and vertical components of the
book's velocity, and the magnitude and direction of
its velocity, just before the book reaches the floor
(c)
Transcribed Image Text:A physics book slides off a horizontal tabletop with a speed of 1.1 m/s. It strikes the floor in 0.350 s. Ignore air resistance. Find (a) the height of the tabletop above the floor; (b) the horizontal distance from the edge of the table to the point where the book strikes the floor; the horizontal and vertical components of the book's velocity, and the magnitude and direction of its velocity, just before the book reaches the floor (c)
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