Free fall without a lot of info.

[Taz.]

Homework Statement

A ball is thrown horizontally at 16m/s from a clifftop 65m above the sea level.

Find
the time to land

Homework Equations

distance = Vi*t + at^2/2

The Attempt at a Solution

I separated x and y components. And tried to plug them in this formula. I thought maybe I will have 2 unknowns and will then resolve it by plugging the equation in the other. But I realized I had 3 unknowns since they don't give me the angle. So, I can't find the components of the initial speed.

Maybe, I am using the wrong formula ?

Thanks in advance !

 

[gneill]

"A ball is thrown horizontally..." What's the launch angle for a horizontally thrown projectile?

 

[Taz.]

Oh wow. My problem is that, I've been in french school since I am a kid. Now that I am in an English college for the first time, all the terms and words are different. Thanks !

 

[gneill]

Oh wow. My problem is that, I've been in french school since I am a kid. Now that I am in an English college for the first time, all the terms and words are different. Thanks !

"It's like those French have a different word for everything!" -- Steve Martin