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    Solving Velocity Vectors Problems: Tips & Tricks

    Ok so it should be h = 2.736t + 4.9t2 and that will get me the right answer? I only have one more try so I want to be sure...
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    Solving Velocity Vectors Problems: Tips & Tricks

    Thanks, just one more question. A ball is tossed from an upper-story window of a building. The ball is given an initial velocity of 8.00 m/s at an angle of 20.0° below the horizontal. It strikes the ground 4.00 s later. (b) Find the height from which the ball was thrown. Found the y velocity...
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    Solving Velocity Vectors Problems: Tips & Tricks

    Thanks for the explanation but I forgot to post the second part of the problem. The second part asks: (b) What was the direction of the mug's velocity just before it hit the floor? I have to give the answer in ° (below the horizontal). At first I thought it meant that the floor was the...
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    Solving Velocity Vectors Problems: Tips & Tricks

    OK thanks I was actually doing those two equations but I kept using -9.8. Never occurred to me to make it positive!
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    Solving Velocity Vectors Problems: Tips & Tricks

    Homework Statement In a local bar, a customer slides an empty beer mug down the counter for a refill. The bartender is momentarily distracted and does not see the mug, which slides off the counter and strikes the floor 0.90 m from the base of the counter. The height of the counter is 0.840...
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    How to find total displacement

    A motorist drives south at 24.0 m/s for 3.00 min, then turns west and travels at 25.0 m/s for 3.00 min, and finally travels northwest at 30.0 m/s for 1.00 min. For this 7.00 min trip, find the following values. a) total vector displacement and degrees south of west. For the displacement I try...
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