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yea i was wrong. so when i am setting up the y(t) function for motion, would it be the following? y= 10 + Voy(t)-1/2gt^2 ? All of the examples in my book give an angle to work with from the beginning, and I don't understand how I can find t without it.

i think that's my problem at the moment, i don't see what to do with the components. Edit: thanks for helping and caring enough to respondI solved the quadratic equation and got my final velocity to be 4.933 m/s, now I just have to figure out what to do with it : /

this is 2 dimensional though, wouldn't using the quadratic formula like that indicate that the mouse was shot straight up in the air and then is falling back down? I think I have to split it into X and Y components, but I'm not sure how to do so. Edit: Duh, vertical motion is independent of...

Homework Statement An owl accidentally drops a mouse it was carrying while flying horizontally at a speed of 5 m/s. The mouse drops to the ground 10m below. What is the mouse's impact velocity? Give the answer as a magnitude and clearly defined angle. As of right now I'm not even sure how...