Ballistic Motion using Newton's Laws

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The discussion focuses on calculating the landing distance of a rocket-powered hockey puck released from a frictionless table. The puck has a thrust of 1.20 N and a mass of 1.50 kg, resulting in an acceleration of 0.8 m/s² in the horizontal direction. It travels 3.2 m before falling 3.6 m under gravity, with no initial vertical velocity. The time taken to reach the edge of the table is calculated to be 0.857 seconds. The challenge lies in determining the puck's horizontal position upon landing, incorporating both its horizontal motion and the effects of gravity.
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A rocket-powered hockey puck has a thrust of 1.20 and a total mass of 1.50 . It is released from rest on a frictionless table, 3.20 from the edge of a 3.60 drop. The front of the rocket is pointed directly toward the edge. How far does the puck land from the base of the table?



Okay, so I found the accleration of the puck in the x-direction to be 0.8m/s/s and the difference in time between the moment it is at the end of the table to be 0.857s. But past this I have been unable to find initial velocity or final velocity or anything that I could plug into a kinematics equation to help me find the final position of the puck, on the x-axis.
 
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One should include units, but it appears one is using SI or mks.

It is released from rest on a frictionless table

and accelerates at 0.8 m/2 over a distance of 3.2 m.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mot.html#mot5

The puck then falls 3.6 m under the influence of gravity with no initial vertical velocity, but it has some horizontal velocity and perhaps horizontal acceleration(?).

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/traj#tra11

ref - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/traj.html
 
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