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1. A flower pot falls out of a window and past the window below (ignore air resistance). It takes the post .42 s to pass this window, which is 1.9m high. How far is the top of the window below the windowsill from which the flowerpot fell?
answer: .31 m
2.
v = v0 + at
x = x0 + v0t + 1/2at^2
v^2 = v0^2 + 2a(x - x0)
3. The Attempt at a Solution
Known facts:
t = .42 s
bottom window height = 1.8
a = -g
x0 = 0 (if the origin is the top windowsill)
v0 = ?
x = ?
x = 0 + v0(.42) + 1/2(-9.8)(.42)^2
So I need to find the initial velocity so I can get the total distance and subtract it from the 1.9. If I had the total distance down, then I could get it easy, but I'm stumped from here since I'm trying to find the total distance. I've tried using v0=0 and that didn't work. I also tried setting the v = 0 (thinking I could do that sense the problem ends with that bottom window). Every route I go it seems I'm still left with two unknowns or I end with a total distance of .86 which isn't even longer than the bottom window.
Any hints on which equations to put together?
answer: .31 m
2.
v = v0 + at
x = x0 + v0t + 1/2at^2
v^2 = v0^2 + 2a(x - x0)
3. The Attempt at a Solution
Known facts:
t = .42 s
bottom window height = 1.8
a = -g
x0 = 0 (if the origin is the top windowsill)
v0 = ?
x = ?
x = 0 + v0(.42) + 1/2(-9.8)(.42)^2
So I need to find the initial velocity so I can get the total distance and subtract it from the 1.9. If I had the total distance down, then I could get it easy, but I'm stumped from here since I'm trying to find the total distance. I've tried using v0=0 and that didn't work. I also tried setting the v = 0 (thinking I could do that sense the problem ends with that bottom window). Every route I go it seems I'm still left with two unknowns or I end with a total distance of .86 which isn't even longer than the bottom window.
Any hints on which equations to put together?