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Homework Statement
A mountain climber jumps a crevasse by leaping horizontally with speed v_{o}. If the climber's direction of motion on landing is \Theta below the horizontal, what is the height difference h between the two sides of the crevasse?
Homework Equations
x=v_{o}t
v_{x}=v_{o}
y = h - \frac{1}{2}gt^{2}
v_{y}= -gt
v_{y}^{2} = -2g\Delta y
y = h - (\frac{g}{2v_{0}^{2}})x^{2}
x = v_{o}\sqrt{\frac{2h}{g}}
The Attempt at a Solution
I started off by drawing the following diagram:
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2616/physicss.jpg
Afterwards, I used the formula y = h - \frac{1}{2}gt^{2} to solve for h, and I ended up with h=\frac{1}{2}gt^{2}. I then used the formulas x=v_{o}t and x = v_{o}\sqrt{\frac{2h}{g}} to come up with the formula t = x\sqrt{\frac{2h}{g}}. I then substituted this formula into y = h - \frac{1}{2}gt^{2}, made y=0 and simplified the equation until I got x=1. So, now I know what the x value is when y=0. The problem is I'm stuck right here and don't know how to find the height. Can someone point me in the right direction please?
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