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Homework Statement
A physics student playing with an air hockey table (a frictionless surface) finds that if she gives the puck a velocity of 3.79 m/s along the length ( 1.84 m) of the table at one end, by the time it has reached the other end the puck has drifted a distance 2.47 cm to the right but still has a velocity component along the length of 3.79 m/s. She concludes correctly that the table is not level and correctly calculates its inclination from the above information.
Homework Equations
x=x0+vx0t+1/2at2, since acceleration is constant
[tex]\Sigma[/tex]Fy=ma
The Attempt at a Solution
vx0=3.8m/s
x=1.75m, x0=0
vx=x/t
y=.025m
This is as far as I get. Setting up the problem is my main issue with this.I actually know the answer to this because I purchased the solutions manual. But, I do not understand it. Working on my own, I am still unclear about the mathematical relationship between this problem and Newton's II.