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Homework Statement
A ball is kicked horizontally with speed v1 from the top of a building of height h. A small cart is moving towards the building with a constant speed v2. Right at the instant when the ball is kicked, the cart is at a distance d from the building. What is the distance d so that the ball lands right on top of the cart? You can neglect the dimensions of the cart with respect to the height of the building h. Express your answer in terms of some or all of the variables h, v1, v2 and g
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The Attempt at a Solution
I tried to equate the time taken (since they meet at the same time). I made sure to include 'd' in my equation, because that's the variable needed to be found
Here's my equation.
x/v1 = d-x/v2.
Where x is the distance traveled by the ball in x direction and d-x is the distance traveled by the cart.
The questions needs an 'h' in the answer. I can't get the term in my answer