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    Zero angle launch problem: Find height given inital speed and angle

    Homework Statement A basketball is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 4.40 m/s. A straight line is drawn from the release point to the landing point making an angle of 30.0o with the horizontal. WHAT WAS THE RELEASE POINT? Homework Equations tan\theta = y/x vfx= vix= 4.40...
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    Calculating Separation of Car and Truck

    Homework Statement A car and a truck are heading directly toward one another on a straight and narrow street, but they avoid a head-on collision by simultaneously applying their brakes at t=0 . The resulting velocity-versus-time graphs are shown in the figure . What is the separation...
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    How do you the find magnitude and x component of a vector?

    2. Vector A = Ax + Ay Ax = magnitude X xi Ay = magnitude X yi 3. I don't know how to start.
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    How do you the find magnitude and x component of a vector?

    Homework Statement The vector -5.2 A has a magnitude of 47 m and points in the positive x direction What is the x component of vector A? What is the magnitude of vector A? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution
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    How long does a ball take to reappear at a certain point when it is thrown up?

    Homework Statement Sitting in a second-story apartment, a physicist notices a ball moving straight upward just outside her window. The ball is visible for 0.25 s as it moves a distance of 1.06 m from the bottom to the top of the window. How long does it take the ball to reappear? What...
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    How do you find the direction of a vector given its magnitude and angle?

    Homework Statement Vector A points in the negative x direction. Vector B points at an angle of 33.0 degrees above the positive x axis. Vector C has a magnitude of 13 m and points in a direction 37.0 degrees below the positive x axis. Given that , Vector A + Vector B + Vector C = 0, find...
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