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Homework Statement
A grasshoopper jumps 1.00 m from rest, with an initial velocity at a 45.0 degree angle with respect to the horizontal.
Find the initial speed of the grasshopper (answer is 3.13 m/s)
The maximum height reached (answer is .250m)
Homework Equations
acceleration in the x direction is considered constant, so you are using the basic kinematic equations, with a simplified equations for x vector components, e.g.
V0x=cos(0)
The Attempt at a Solution
The problem is that I can't figure out what they are asking. For example, up until now, in the class we have described an object at rest to have an initial velocity of zero. The question itself seems somewhat contradictory to me. What am I missing?