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with a=3g, i plugged the numbers into \frac{1}{2}at_1^2 and got 367.9m. It said that i was off by a single numerical factor

I was given the situation, A rocket, initially at rest on the ground, accelerates straight upward from rest with constant net acceleration a , until time t1, when the fuel is exhausted. Find the maximum height H that the rocket reaches (neglecting air resistance). Express the maximum height...

I was able to figure it out, thanks

arabella leaves the groud at time t=0

:frown: Two basketball players are essentially equal in all respects. (They are the same height, they jump with the same initial velocity, etc.) In particular, by jumping they can raise their centers of mass the same vertical distance, H(called their "vertical leap"). The first player...

This is a question in my homework asignment, and i am completely lost. Please help. Thanks As you look out of your dorm window, a flower pot suddenly falls past. The pot is visible for a time t, and the vertical length of your window is Lw. Take down to be the positive direction, so that...