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    Solving the Watermelon Drop Physics Problem: Step-by-Step Guide

    thats what i did with t= 2.5 - (deltaY/340); but I don't get the right answer
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    Solving the Watermelon Drop Physics Problem: Step-by-Step Guide

    Ok Iam having problems again with yet something else. The problem states that A physics student with too much free time drops a water melon from the roof of a building. He hears the sound of the watermelon going splat 2.50s later. How high is the building? The speed of sound is 340m/s...
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    Help with Problem: Find Distance Travelled in First 5.0s

    Iam ending up with 2 unknowns writing it as X- Xo = Vot + 1/2(a*t^2); That leaves me with Vo unknown as well as the a, I can't solve it with 2 unkowns :-( and I don't know How I would get the initial velocity at stage two to solve this.[EDIT] Forget it i got the answer I replace Vo with a*t...
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    Help with Problem: Find Distance Travelled in First 5.0s

    I was doing this problem, and now I wonder where I went wrong The problem states A ball starts from rest and rolls down a hill iwth uniform acceleration, traveling 150m during the second 5.0s of its motion. How far did it roll during the first 5.0s of motion. This is what I did x =...
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    What is the distance east traveled by the backpacker?

    yes Thanks you guys/girls a lot this really helped!
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    What is the distance east traveled by the backpacker?

    I c. but isn't deltaX and deltaT x2-x1 not x1+x2??
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    What is the distance east traveled by the backpacker?

    <img src ="https://www.physicsforums.com/latex_images/10/1085467-0.png"> I am pretty sure I can't use that equation becasue it is no where in the chapter, I iam 100% sure they don't expect me to use something they didnt show. So there has to be another way. They also already state the...
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    What is the distance east traveled by the backpacker?

    Ok this is what I've done. 1X = 6440m 1V = -2.68m/s 1T = 2402s (I found the time) Then for stage 2 2V = .447m/s 2X = ? 2T = ? (These 2 unknowsn are what are throwing me off) at first I was going to try to find the final velocity at the end of stage one but the it never said acceleration was...
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    What is the distance east traveled by the backpacker?

    Hello I've been doing my physics homework but sadly I can't solve this problem and don't really know how to approach it. If anyone could, please guide me to how to solve this problem. In reaching her destination, a backpacker walks with an average velocity of 1.34m/s due west. This average...
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