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Please help with the following 3 questions: 1. A group of playful astronauts each with a bag full of balls, form a circle as they free fall in space. Describe what happens when they begin tossing the balls simultaneously to one another. Due to absence of gravitation, wouldn't the...

Jack jumps over a candlestick with a velocity of 5 m/s at an angle of 30 to the horizantal. Did Jack burn his feet on the .25 m high candle? Thanks!

Dart problem Thank you alalbatros! I was dividing 15 by 2 instead of the other way around. It makes sense now. Thanks again.

Dart problem Thanks Galileo for your suggestion. I should have posted that I tried that and what I get is: using x=vt, 2=15t, t=7.5 secs y at 7.5 secs would be (using 1/2gt^2): -4.9 X 56.25 = -275.625 275.625 m below the throwing height doesn't make sense to me or does it mean that...

Quentin claims that he can throw a dart at dartboard from distance of 2.0 m & hit 5 cm wide bullseye if he throws dart horizantally with speed of 15 m/s. He starts the throw at the same height as top of bullseye. See if Quentin is able to hit bullseye by calculating how far his shot falls from...